"I wonder how the foreign policies of the United States would look if we wiped out the national boundaries of the world, at least in our minds, and thought of all children everywhere as our own."

--

Source : Howard Zinn (2014). “A People's History of the United States”, p.606, Pan Macmillan

Howard Zinn

#Children Quotes #Mind Quotes #Looks Quotes

“It (the double-clarinet in India) was primarily used for snake charming, since the snake would do almost anything to get the Indians to stop playing it.”
“The loudest voices we hear are those who advocate conflict, divisiveness.”
“This business can be very frustrating but there is success story after success story of people who take the bull by the horns. Actors who are frustrated ... [should] do your own project. Find a writer, shoot a movie. It can be done,”

Source : "Tony Shalhoub tries something new". Interview with Stephanie Snipes, www.cnn.com. April 10, 2004.
“Insolent youth rides, now, in the whirlwind. For those modern iconoclasts who are without culture possess, apparently, all the courage.”
“Because we have suffered, and we are not afraid to suffer in order to survive, we are ready to give up everything - even our lives - in our struggle for justice.”
“When the world shoves you around, you just gotta stand up and shove back. It's not like somebody's gonna save you if you start babbling excuses.”
“I'm a film geek man. I love toys. I love everything in filmmaking, so for me to just be around this technology is just so cool to watch it being used for the first time, some of the stuff.”
“You don't have to be brilliant, only a little bit wiser than the other guys, on average, for a long, long, time.”

You may also like:

Amy Goodman
Journalist
Edward Said
Professor
Emma Goldman
Writer
Eqbal Ahmad
Writer
Jared Diamond
Scientist
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Professor
Michael Parenti
Political scientist
Naomi Klein
Author
Noam Chomsky
Linguist