"It is necessary to stay on the march, to be on the journey, to work for peace wherever we are at all times, because the liberty we cherish, which we would share with the world, demands eternal vigilance."

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Source : Ossie Davis (2006). “Life Lit by Some Large Vision: Selected Speeches and Writings”, p.19, Simon and Schuster

Ossie Davis

#Freedom Quotes #Journey Quotes #Liberty Quotes

“Enlightened self-interest from those involved in hydrocarbons should lead to the support of technologies enabling the clean use of hydrocarbons, such as carbon capture and storage, and not to the defence of deniers and cranks.”
“The brain is the great factory of thought. To it are directed all the forces of nature, forces which, for thousands of years, have been expending themselves upon it and impressing on it a slow and continuous motion of evolution.”
“Now Moore, Jennifer Moore, 18, on her way to college. She was 5-foot-2, 105 pounds, wearing a miniskirt and a halter top with a bare midriff. Now, again, there you go. So every predator in the world is gonna pick that up at two in the morning. She's walking by herself on the West Side Highway, and she gets picked up by a thug. All right. Now she's out of her mind, drunk.”
“People want national championship banners. People want to talk about Indiana being competitive. How do we get there? We don't get there with milk and cookies.”
“If youâ€™ve got a dozen pitchers, you need to speak 12 different languages.”
“The notion of directing a film is the invention of critics - the whole eloquence of cinema is achieved in the editing room.”
“Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.”
“Learn to convert the discomfort of discipline into the satisfaction of personal growth.”

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