"Unreasonable," "unrealistic," and "impractical" are all words used to marginalize a person or idea that fails to conform with conventionally expected standards."

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Source : Chris Guillebeau (2010). “The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want, and Change the World”, p.149, Penguin

Chris Guillebeau

#Ideas Quotes #Failing Quotes #Standards Quotes

“And have you not received faculties which will enable you to bear all that happens to you? Have you not received greatness of spirit? Have you not received courage? Have you not received endurance?”
“Certainty is a cruel mindset.”
“I think children have talent and insight, but it gets beaten out of them.”
“I missed the sound of her shuffling her homework while I listened to music on her bed. I missed the cold of her feet against my legs when she climbed into bed. I missed the shape of her shadow where it fell across the page of my book. I missed the smell of her hair and the sound of her breath and my Rilke on her nightstand and her wet towel thrown over the back of her desk chair. It felt like I should be sated after having a whole day with her, but it just made me miss her more.”
“I don't think I ever wanted fame.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“My life is unjust, but I can strive for justice. My life is unkind, but I can vote for kindness.”

Source : Vachel Lindsay, Dennis Camp (1984). “The poetry of Vachel Lindsay: complete & with Lindsay's drawings”, Spoon River Poetry Pr
“The best art is political and you ought to be able to make it unquestionably political and irrevocably beautiful at the same time.”
“Enemies are, to me, as important as friends in my life, and when they die I mourn their passing.”

Source : Jessica Mitford (2012). “Poison Penmanship: The Gentle Art of Muckraking”, p.219, New York Review of Books

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