"I wanted so much to have a life. Even just once, even for a second."

-- Jonathan Safran Foer

“If not me- who?, If not now- when?”

Source : United Nations Address on Gender Equality, delivered 20 September 2014
“We want to achieve a new and better order of society: in this new and better society there must be neither rich nor poor; all will have to work. Not a handful of rich people, but all the working people must enjoy the fruits of their common labour. Machines and other improvements must serve to ease the work of all and not to enable a few to grow rich at the expense of millions and tens of millions of people. This new and better society is called socialist society.”
“I love scuba diving. I'm an avid diver. And, there's this beautiful world that's more incredible than any CGI film we could ever make, that we're destroying, for what? It's heartbreaking to me.”
“Books on the openings abound; nor are works on the end game wanting; but those on the middle game can be counted on the fingers of one hand.”
“I worked in a boutique after work, my second job, selling women's clothes. And that was a way of not just making money but meeting women. That was very exciting job. I loved that job.”
“When I was younger, I was listening to a lot of Armenian music, you know, revolutionary music about freedom and protest. In the 70s I was listening to soul and the Bee Gees and ABBA, and funk.”
“What all the wise men promised has not happened and what all the dammed fools said would happen has come to pass.”

Source : Referring to the Catholic Emancipation Act (1829), in H. Dunckley 'Lord Melbourne' (1890) ch. 9
“Heroes represent the best of ourselves, respecting that we are human beings. A hero can be anyone from Gandhi to your classroom teacher, anyone who can show courage when faced with a problem. A hero is someone who is willing to help others in his or her best capacity.”

Source : "Ricky Martin giving a voice to exploited children". "CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute" with Anderson Cooper, www.cnn.com. November 16, 2010.

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