"Although the connections are not always obvious, personal change is inseparable from social and political change."

-- Harriet Lerner

#Political Quotes #Growth Quotes #Connections Quotes

“Iraqis will never forget that on 8 August 1990 Kuwait became part of Iraq legally, constitutionally and actually. It continued to do so until last night, when withdrawal began.”
“Feminism is just about equality, really, and there's so much stuff attached to the word, when it's actually so simple. I don't know why it's always so bogged down.”

Source : "Mia Wasikowska: 'There's a common misconception that the loud kid in the class is the actor'" by Kira Cochrane, www.theguardian.com. September 04, 2011.
“Being a goalkeeper gives you quite a unique perspective on things. You are part of a team yet somehow separate; there are no grey areas, with success or failure being measured in real time; and you have a physical job which you can only do well by paying attention to your mental well-being. A great goalkeeper has to have the keys to a great mindset. To be able to work well in the box, I believe you have to be able to think outside the box”
“The harder you fight to hold on to specific assumptions, the more likely there's gold in letting go of them.”
“If the chemistry is right between star and photographer and the geometry of the pictures pleases the star, often the two people end up with a long-term professional friendship during which they continue to work together and to produce highly personal images.”
“Our humanist community should be thinking more about demonstrating the fundamental truth that goodness requires neither God nor the belief in God by organizing together as a community to do good. Less money spent on billboards that just make us feel good about ourselves and more on soup kitchens and organized visits to the sick and dying.”
“The best recreation is to do good.”
“I wanted to have a normal childhood. Normal relationships.”

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