"What until then seemed impossible to achieve has become a fact of life. We have won the right to association in trade unions independent from the authorities, founded and shaped by the working people themselves."

-- Lech Walesa

#Independent Quotes #People Quotes #Unions Quotes

“The amazing thing is that we live our lives with the hope that things will go right, that things will happen. And all along the way, we're inspired by the unknown and the unnameable. The minute you can fully describe something it's gone.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Students who read the most also read the best, achieve the most, and stay in school the longest. Conversely, those who dont read much cannot get better at it.”

Source : Jim Trelease (2013). “The Read-Aloud Handbook: Seventh Edition”, p.29, Penguin
“Iâ€™m home. Ya happy now?â€™ Beckâ€™s gravelly voice demanded. â€˜Yes, I am.â€™ â€˜Yerâ€™ treatinâ€™ me like iâ€™m some idiot kid,â€™ he complained. â€˜Gee, I wonder where I learned that?â€™ He hung up on her.”
“To me, reading through old letters and journals is like treasure hunting. Somewhere in those faded, handwritten lines there is a story that has been packed away in a dusty old box for years.”
“A little bit of fear means you are doing something worth doing--you are stretching...You are going outside your immediate grasp.”
“As a rule, governments monitor people.”
“I have discovered the value of psychology and psychiatry, that their teachings can undo knots in us and permit life to flow again and aid us in becoming more truly human.”
“You're a writer. Make it up.”

Source : David Benioff (2008). “City of Thieves: A Novel”, p.11, Penguin

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