"If you want to change society then you must tell an alternative story."

-- Ivan Illich

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“My favorite song to write was a song called "Always" I wrote it about a girl who, at the time, I had feelings for her for a long time but she never really felt the same back. So it's one of my more personal songs and I'm very proud of it.”
“They are words you don't easily forget: I don't have good news.”

Source : Joel Siegel (2008). “Lessons for Dylan: On Life, Love, the Movies, and Me”, p.3, PublicAffairs
“Our greatest heart-treasure is a knowledge that there is in creation an individual to whom our existence is necessary - some one who is part of our life as we are part of theirs, some one in whose life we feel assured our death would leave a gap for a day or two.”

Source : Miles Franklin (2007). “My Brilliant Career”, p.297, Broadview Press
“I'm not glorifying it at all, I'm just basically telling you that sometimes I have suicidal thoughts. And maybe I should seek help, or maybe it's not that deep.”
“Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time.”

Source : John C. Maxwell (2012). “The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Live Them and Reach Your Potential”, p.74, Hachette UK
“And literature frequently rises to heights that make it international.”
“Worry makes people thin, except when they worry about being fat.”
“Jimi Hendrix once said, 'You will never hear surf music again.' Well, tonight, you will hear 'serf' music again -- S-E-R-F music.”

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