"He's the Presidentâ€”it's the responsibility of every citizen to criticize aggressively when they think it's warranted."

-- Glenn Greenwald

#Responsibility Quotes #Thinking Quotes #President Quotes

“I must say that the biggest lesson you can learn in life, or teach your children, is that life is not castles in the skies, happily ever after. The biggest lesson we have to give our children is truth. We're all built with illusions. And they break.”
“The essential thing about mothers is that one needs to know that they are there, particularly at that age when, paradoxically, one is trying so hard to break away from parental influence.”
“I am the Lizard King, I can do anything!”
“There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.”
“We should not accept in silence the benefactions of God, but return thanks for them.”
“Gender has always been considered a fact immutable. But we now know it's actually more fluid, complex, and mysterious. Because of my success, I never have the courage to share my story. Not because I thought what I am is wrong but because of how the world treats those of us who wish to break free.”

Source : "Why I must come out". TED conference, www.ted.com. March 2014.
“Don't sign your name between worlds, surmount the manifold of meanings, trust the tearstain, learn to live.”

Source : Paul. Celan (2011). “Glottal Stop: 101 Poems by Paul Celan”, p.108, Wesleyan University Press
“I think that it's not a bad thing to not be too versed in the vocabulary of cinema, because you start to think that certain things are allowed and not allowed.”

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