"I'm not afraid of the opinions of others - but of being needed and coming up short."

-- John J. Geddes

#Fear Quotes #Opinion Quotes #Not Afraid Quotes

“Looking for pleasure is the best way to ensure you won't find it.”
“They can crack jokes. They can sit back and analyze and criticize and make all the fun they want. But I'm living my life, I'm doing it. What are you doing?”
“The seasons do not push one another; neither do clouds race the wind across the sky. All things happen in their own good time.”
“When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take choose the bolder.”
“Justice is the bread of the nation; it is always hungry for it.”
“I have privileges even in comparison to a Palestinian Israeli because Palestinian Israelis who live permanently in Ramallah risk their status, not as citizens but as residents. They might lose their social rights if they move to Ramallah. But I won't, so I live with privileges. That notion is very difficult for me as a child who was raised in a left-wing family, a family of people who suffered discrimination as Jews abroad. The notion that I am so privileged is disgusting. But this is what it means to live in a white society. You are white, so you are privileged.”

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“Being your authentic self is the ultimate secret to happiness in life!”
“Liberty is precious. But so is life. It should not be so difficult for men and women of good will and good heart and sound mind to find the right balance between the two.”

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