"The question of receiving the immigrant is an ethical issue that becomes a political issue."

-- Ruben Martinez

#Ethical Issues Quotes #Political Quotes #Receiving Quotes

“When people say " I just don't have enough time " they mean " I prioritized something else.”
“Prayer is a relationship; half the job is mine. If I want transformation, but can't even be bothered to articulate what, exactly, I'm aiming for, how will it ever occur? Half the benefit of prayer is in the asking itself, in the offering of a clearly posed and well-considered intention. If you don't have this, all your pleas and desires are boneless, floppy, inert; they swirl at your feet in a cold fog and never lift.”
“I'm trying to get good message out to the people. It's like the scriptures because you know what the scriptures are in the bible. Words of Jah, words of Christ, words of Rasta and everything that's righteous are in the scriptures unto I and I.”

Source : Source: www.thepier.org
“Narcissism really spreads its wings and soars on twitter. It's like watching a dragon hatch and learn to fly.”
“There are no prescriptive solutions, no grand designs for grand problems. Life's solutions lie in the minute particulars involving more and more individual people daring to create their own life and art, daring to listen to the voice within their deepest, original nature, and deeper still, the voice within the earth.”

Source : Stephen Nachmanovitch (1991). “Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art”, p.183, Penguin
“The world we build tomorrow is born in the stories we tell our children today. Politics moves the pieces. Education changes the game.”

Source : "Teach Your Children Well for a Better Life" by Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 2, 2012.
“The only real radicalism in our time will come as it always hasâ€”from people who insist on thinking for themselves and who reject party-mindedness.”
“I was always daydreaming about singing in big productions on Broadway.”

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