"We are here to influence the world rather than to be influenced by the world."

-- Sheri L. Dew

#Inspirational Quotes #World Quotes #Influence Quotes

“I'd love to write full time. But it's not something that is due to me because I'm a writer. Times are very hard for doing the thing you love, but the payoff for not having much money is that you love your job. A balance would be good. But yes, given infinite funds, or a guaranteed regular income of some kind, I'd happily shut myself away and write stories for the rest of what I've got in me.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“Attention has its most powerful expression in purposeful action.”
“I get asked that a lot: "What do you think your role is, with all the people that look up to you?" I'm an entertainer, you know? I'm not trying to bombard anybody with anything, but at the same time, face-to-face or in real life, if I'm talking to some kid, I have opinions just like everybody else does.”
“I believe that education is the civil rights issue of our generation. And if you care about promoting opportunity and reducing inequality, the classroom is the place to start. Great teaching is about so much more than education; it is a daily fight for social justice.”

Source : John Dewey (1972). “The Early Works, 1882-1898: 1895-1898. Early essays”, p.93, SIU Press
“I'll be out having a good time and stick my gum on the side of my cup - I know, it's a horrible habit - and people will steal the cup.”

Source : "Jenna Jameson: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. August 7, 2008.
“. . . how man evolved with such an incredible reservoir of talent and such fantastic diversity isn't completely understood . . . he knows so little and has nothing to measure himself against.”
“It is not the Government, the members of Parliament to whom the ultimate decision belongs, it is up to you to go forward sure of your sacred right of free opinion, sure of your patriotism.”

Source : John Amery (2007). “John Amery Speaks, &: England and Europe”
“Everybody loves classical music they just don't know about it yet.”

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