"You can't just hope things away. All of us have to care, to really focus on our cities, because that's where most people live, and they're crumbling. And along with them are the futures of a lot of people. So it's a wake-up call, but no one film can do all that; we're just trying to be a part of the conversation."

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Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

Heidi Ewing

#People Quotes #Focus Quotes #Trying Quotes

“The modern world’s tech-giddy control and facilitation makes us stupid. Awareness atrophies. Dumb gets dumber. Lists are everywhere – the five things you need to know about so-and-so; the eight essential qualities of such-and-such; the 11 delights of somewhere or other. We demand shortcuts, as if there are shortcuts to genuine experiences. These lists are meaningless.”
“I donâ€™t know why liberals want to disarm the law-abiding population, but I do know that not a single argument proffered stands the light of facts. Armed citizens deter far more crimes than the police, and far more lives are saved by the intended victim being armed than are lost in firearm accidents.”
“Serendipity is putting a quarter in the gumball machine and having three pieces come rattling out instead of one-all red.”
“It is a curious fact that the word essayist showed up in English before it existed in French.”

Source : "The Ill-Defined Plot" by John Jeremiah Sullivan, www.newyorker.com. October 6, 2014.
“Tomorrow Is My Exam But I Donâ€™t Care Because A Single Sheet Of Paper Canâ€™t Decide My Future”
“Whatever you do....don't fall asleep.”
“I got into trouble a lot in school. They say you're a disturbance in class. You're a distraction, they're moving you around. You never really get rewarded in class for being funny. You're a disturbance. But the funny kid is often witty and clever and quick... they finally get a chance to express themselves when they get out of school.”
“White supremacy has taught white people to be racially, culturally, & politically illiterate.”

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