"I am not afraid... I was born to do this."

-- Joan of Arc

#Inspirational Quotes #Positive Thinking Quotes

“Margaret Thatcher has shown that there is power and dignity to be won by defying the status quo and the majority rather than by adapting to them. If the British left, which she froze into immobility like Medusa, could bring itself to learn from this, then we might not have to look upon her like again.”
“Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.”
“Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.”
“The American people are very, very ready for a woman president. They're far ahead of the politicians. I always thought it would be much easier to elect a woman president of the United States than Speaker of the House, because the people are far ahead, as I say, of the electeds, on the subject of a woman being president.”
“I felt very lonely when they were all there.”
“Being in love is the only transcendent experience.”

Source : "The loneliest man in Frisco" by Peter Conrad, www.theguardian.com. September 10, 2000.
“We want to be masters of our own destiny. We need no gods or emperors. We do not believe in the existence of any saviour. We want to be masters of the world and not instruments used by autocrats to carry out their wild ambitions. We want a modern lifestyle and democracy for the people. Freedom and happiness are our sole objectives in accomplishing modernisation.”

Source : "Ai Weiwei: the dissident artist" by Hari Kunzru, www.theguardian.com. May 27, 2011.
“The key to economic prosperity is the organized creation of dissatisfaction.”

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