"Cynicism is the largest obstacle to social change. Cynicism is dangerous because people throw up their hands and say, "Well it's not possible. Why should I even try?""

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Source : Source: collider.com

Robert Reich

#Hands Quotes #People Quotes #Trying Quotes

“The universe is real, but you can't see it. You have to imagine it.”

Source : Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, Ill.), Alexander Calder (1974). “Alexander Calder: a retrospective exhibition. Work from 1925 to 1974”
“I had to face a lot coming through this journey, a lot of sacrifices, difficulties, challenges, and injuries.”
“They say that shoulder blades are where your wings were, when you were an angel," she said. "They say they're where your wings will grow again one day.”
“You really can't take a cat and turn it into a dog, or try and get lemons off an apple tree, or what have you.”
“What comes to your mind when you think of the word Transylvania, if you ponder it at all? What comes to my mind are mountains of savage beauty, ancient castles, werewolves, and witches - a land of magical obscurity. How, in short, am I to believe I will still be in Europe, on entering such a realm? I shall let you know if it's Europe or fairyland, when I get there. First, Snagov - I set out tomorrow.”
“If our body is a perfect expression of our thought about body, and if our thought about body is that itâ€™s condition has everything to do with inner image and nothing to do with time, then we donâ€™t have to be impatient for being too young or frightened of being too old.”
“David I knock you out! - While pointing to the camera with a smirk.”
“The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.”

Source : As quoted in "Road Signs for Success" y Jim Whitt, (p. 61), 1993.

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