"Orators are most vehement when they have the weakest cause, as men get on horseback when they cannot walk."

-- Marcus Tullius Cicero

#Power Quotes #Men Quotes #Causes Quotes

“The beautiful always retains the freshness of novelty, while the astonishing soon grow tiresome.”

Source : August Bournonville (1979). “My theatre life”, Wesleyan
“You've got a degree in philosophy; so you think you're cleverer than me. But I'm not just some drama queen. Cause it's where you're at, not where you've been.”
“Perhaps love is like a resting place, a shelter from the storm. It exists to give you comfort, it is there to keep you warm, and in those times of trouble when you are most alone, the memory of love will bring you home.”

Source : Song: Perhaps Love, 1982
“I owe a lot to my parents, because they kept no genre off limits. Music was always playing in the house. They never told me to be quiet, turn the music down or anything like that. So I felt pretty free and experimental as a kid to kind of figure out my own voice.”
“There is a long American tradition of suspicion of concentrated economic power because of its tendency to corrupt government and turn it from a democracy into a plutocracy.”
“It is revolutionary for any trans person to choose to be seen and visible in a world that tells us we should not exist.”

Source : FaceBook post by Laverne Cox from Mar 18, 2014
“To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language.”
“Indians have a big problem with alcohol and drugs. I grew up with an admiration for their culture and was sensitive to their problems.”

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