"It is one of the ironies of this strange century that the most lasting results of the October revolution, whose object was the global overthrow of capitalism, was to save its antagonist, both in war and in peace - that is to say, by providing it with the incentive, fear, to reform itself after the Second World War, and, by establishing the popularity of economic planning, furnishing it with some of the procedures for its reform"

-- Eric Hobsbawm

#War Quotes #October Quotes #Revolution Quotes

“To be political means to speak out, to risk being called 'catty', or worse. I don't hear men worrying about whether they may be right or not. They enjoy the fight, whether it is with words or fists. Women still tend to shy away from controversy, to be uncomfortable with competition.”

Source : "In Politics, What Works For A Man Still Does Not Work For A Woman" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 25, 2009.
“It's not good enough to give it tender, loving care, to supply it with breakfast foods, to buy it expensive educations. Those things don't mean anything unless this generation has a future. And we're not sure that it does.”
“I am excited to be able to do something at this stage in my life that I feel is going to have some meaning. More helping people from a financial perspective understand their own strengths and lend a voice to things that I think are socially important.”

Source : Source: www.realstylenetwork.com
“I basically have two ways I start writing. Either I'll start with something about myself, or something that happened to me that seemed important, or I'll start with some idea I have that doesn't have much to do with me. But one will always lead to the other.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I can direct things but I can't write. My memory is going, so I struggle for words.”

Source : Source: deadline.com
“The Republicans would like to take us back to a darker time, when corporations ruled and the underserved had no rights.”
“We think that it is the best scientists working in the frontier fields of science who are best able to judge what is good and what is bad - if any - in the application of their scientific research.”
“Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.”

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