"Lifeâ€™s all about the revolution, isnâ€™t it? The one inside, I mean. You canâ€™t change history. You canâ€™t change the world. All you can ever change is yourself."

-- Jennifer Donnelly

#Mean Quotes #World Quotes #Revolution Quotes

“The three pillars of development (economic, social and environmental) must be strengthened together. But it is evident that two of the pillars - economic and social - are subsidiary to, and underpinned by, the third: a vibrant global ecology. Neither dollars nor our species will out-survive our planet. The earth can survive happily without people or profit”
“The imagination is always the best torturer.”

Source : Bryce Courtenay (2011). “The Power of One”, p.72, ReadHowYouWant.com
“Rape is the most humiliating thing that can be done to you; it's the most vulnerable that you can be. But once I realized that, I became a stronger person and faced all my fears.”
“I can entertain the proposition that life is a metaphor for boxing--for one of those bouts that go on and on, round following round, jabs, missed punches, clinches, nothing determined, again the bell and again and you and your opponent so evenly matched it's impossible not to see that your opponent is you.... Life is like boxing in many unsettling respects. But boxing is only like boxing.”
“The main thing right now is just going out and having fun. I know what I want to do. If I go out and have fun and relax, then all my goals should come true.”
“My interests started about in science and in mathematics; I always thought I was going to be a mathematician.”

Source : "The designer making Rihanna, Scarlett and Gwyneth look good". Interview with Felicia Taylor, www.cnn.com. May 10, 2012.
“My natural state is an outsider. I've always felt outside the group, and I've always been analyzing the group.”
“In this art form, in any art form, generalities are useless.”

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