"What is this much repeated phrase 'active citizen' supposed to mean? The active citizens are the ones who took the Bastille."

-- Camille Desmoulins

#Mean Quotes #Citizens Quotes #Phrases Quotes

“When it seems like the night will last forever, And there's nothing left to do but count the years, When the strings of my harp to sever, And stones fall from my eyes instead of tears... I will walk alone by the black muddy river, And dream me a dream of my own, I will walk alone by the black muddy river, And sing me a song of my own.”
“The incurable optimism of the farmer who throws his seed on the ground every spring, betting it and his time against the elements, seemed inextricably to blend with the creed of her pioneer forefathers that "it is better farther on"-- only instead of farther on in space, it was farther on in time, over the horizon of the years ahead instead of the far horizon of the west.”
“Passion is taking such a bite out of life that when the juices run down your face, everyone licks their lips!”
“My head works in music, so there's always music there.”
“Stop looking for the next secret door that is going to lead you to your real life. Stop waiting. This is it: there's nothing else.”
“At the end of the '60s, I was trying to enter the world of comics.”
“We donâ€™t really care about test scores. We care about adult outcomes.”
“The Almighty has His own purposes.”

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