"Society and personality live in a continuing reciprocal relation with each other. The search for personal change without efforts to change the institutions within which we live and grow will, therefore, be met with only limited reward."

-- Lillian B. Rubin

#Change Quotes #Personality Quotes #Effort Quotes

“nonviolent actions are by their nature androgynous. In them the two impulses that have long been treated as distinct, 'masculine' and 'feminine,' the impulse of self-assertion and the impulse of sympathy, are clearly joined; the very genius of nonviolence, in fact, is that it demonstrates them to be indivisible, and so restores human community ...”
“Another very strong image from the first day was giving my initial press conference in the morning - going down and finding out that everything I had said, the essence of what I had said, was wrong.”
“Well, I haven't seen the records. I haven't seen Hilary Rosen; I personally know three Hilary Rosen's, so I don't know that this Hilary Rosen is the one we're talking about.”
“Fish and visitors smell in three days.”
“I really enjoy being home because that's where family is. No matter where you're from, it's hard to beat home.”

Source : Source: dirtaction.com.au
“Thirty-seven percent of gamblers dip into their savings to fulfill their habit”
“I immediately felt better about killing him. Iâ€™ve never known a Trevor who wasnâ€™t a total douchebag. Itâ€™s just one of those names that goes so nicely with selfish, arrogant, malicious behaviorâ€”and really, what did I know about this guy? Nothing, except that his name was Trevor and heâ€™d been nabbed in the midst of breaking-and-entering. That was plenty.”

Source : Cherie Priest (2011). “Bloodshot”, p.46, Spectra
“Also, I am driven by a wonderful muse called alimony.”

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