"No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow."

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Source : Alice Walker (2013). “The Alice Walker Collection: Non-Fiction”, p.17, Hachette UK

Alice Walker

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“In its proper constitutional sense, the term [militia] means all the able-bodied people who can be trained and disciplined to act in the communityâ€™s defence when itâ€™s attacked. Since it encompasses every able-bodied person, it does not refer to thoseâ€”such as the police, the military, or even the National Guardâ€”who formally compose the official defence forces of the nation. Every citizen able and willing to act in an emergency becomes a potential defender against attacks aimed at the general population.”
“Acting gave me the opportunity to do outrageous things. It allowed me to be sad, happy, angry and lustful even if it was just vicariously.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“This is what a city is, bits and pieces that supplement each other and support each other.”

Source : Jane Jacobs (1989). “The Death and Life of Great American Cities”, Vintage
“Nature can be trusted to work her own miracle in the heart of any man whose daily task keeps him alone among her sights, sounds and silences.”

Source : Gene Stratton-Porter (2016). “Gene Stratton-Porter Collection: A Girl of the Limberlost, Freckles, Laddie, The Harvester, A Daughter of the Land, At the Foot of the Rainbow, Her Fatther's Daughter, Michale O'Halloran”, p.318, Xist Publishing
“Environmental policies are not just about good publicity; they are about responding to the moral imperative to address both climate change and resource depletion...A company culture that is based on measuring everything in purely financial terms will be crippled by a high turnover of staff, customers and suppliers”
“Love isn't who you can see yourself with. It's who you can't see yourself without.”
“You are the Hero of your own Story.”
“When you want to be a good player in next years worldcup you wanna be in good shape to appear strong at the tournament.”

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