"I can think of few important movements for reform in which success was won by any method other than that of an energetic minority presenting the indifferent majority with a fait accompli, which was then accepted."

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Source : Vera Brittain (2005). “One Voice: Pacifist Writings from the Second World War”, p.42, A&C Black

Vera Brittain

#Thinking Quotes #Important Quotes #Reform Quotes

“Get married, in any case. If you happen to get a good mate, you will be happy; if a bad one, you will become philosophical, which is a fine thing in itself.”
“I think that in the last twenty years or so, there's been a new kind of honesty in painting where painters have been very proud of paint and have let it behave openly.”
“I love going to art galleries. The Tate Modern is one of my favourite things to do. But I don't invest in the history of it and I don't read up on it. I am a guy who would buy a print rather than buy an original.”
“There is no such thing as a paper loss. A paper loss is a very real loss.”
“When I began making films, they were just movies: 'What's the new movie? What are you doing?' Now they're called 'adult dramas.'”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It's true, people don't imagine I'd be particularly woody.”
“I don't want to know about the lives of other actors and I don't want people to know too much about me. If we don't know about the private lives of other actors, that leaves us as clean slates when it comes to playing characters. That's the point, they can create these other characters and I can believe them. I think if you're a good enough actor, that's the way to longevity in the film business. Keep everybody guessing.”
“She taught me all about real sacrifice. That it should be done from love, not misplace disgust for another person's genetics.”

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