"Failure and setbacks and struggles are where all the good stuff happens."

-- Teri McKeever

#Struggle Quotes #Stuff Quotes #Setback Quotes

“The success [of the X-Men], I think, is for two reasons. The first is that, creatively, the book was close to perfect ... but the other reason is that it was a book about being different in a culture where, for the first time in the West, being different wasn't just accepted, but was also fashionable. I don't think it's a coincidence that gay rights, black rights, the empowerment of women and political correctness all happened over those twenty years and a book about outsiders trying to be accepted was almost the poster-boy for this era in American culture.”
“In the end the Obama administration is not afraid of whistleblowers like me, Bradley Manning or Thomas Drake. We are stateless, imprisoned, or powerless. No, the Obama administration is afraid of you. It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be.”
“My ideal situation is to be able to call the shots and be able to work with whomever I want to work with, and really make something amazing. I'd like to crossover more to have mainstream appeal, but I recognize that the music I make isn't your typical top-40 pop record. Striking that balance is my long-term goal.”
“I have come to see the nonsense of trying to describe fine scenery.”
“That is why we may say that the historical development of capitalism has involved the thrust towards the commodification of everything.”

Source : Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein (1995). “Capistalist Civilisation”, p.16, Verso
“Every good teaching may still end up producing evil bandits who have no principles whatsoever, an outcome even more likely when the teacher is also a bandit.”
“Most good things have been said far too many times and just need to be lived.”

Source : Shane Claiborne (2010). “The Irresistible Revolution: Living As an Ordinary Radical”, p.24, ReadHowYouWant.com
“There's something so familial and intimate between a boxer and his trainer.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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