"The unawakened mind tends to make war against the way things are."

-- Jack Kornfield

#War Quotes #Mind Quotes #Way Quotes

“It is, after all, absurd that in 2017 women are still at best second-class citizens.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
“To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.”
“We are willing to spend the least amount of money to keep a kid at home, more to put him in a foster home and the most to institutionalize him.”
“People don't throw your bags out of windows because of lies; they throw them out because of the truth.”
“I remember laughing when we made those slogans up [about abortion]. . . . We were looking for some sexy, catchy slogans to capture public opinion. They were very cynical slogans then, just as all of these slogans today are very, very cynical.”
“I came to filmmaking because it's my passion. I decided I can't have it distorted or marred by someone else deciding what it should be.”

Source : "Shane Carruth, Indiedom's purist, on new movies and old regrets". Interview with Steven Zeitchik, articles.latimes.com. April 10, 2013.
“People aren't overcome by situations or outside forces. Defeat comes from within.”
“We are what we are, the spirit afterwards, but first the touch.”

Source : Charlotte Mew (2012). “Selected Poems”, p.56, Carcanet

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