"As far as I am concerned, freedom summer never really ended."

-- Victoria Gray Adams

#Summer Quotes #Civil Rights Quotes #Concerned Quotes

“There are only two noble pursuits in life: knowledge and love.”
“I know my sound when i hear it. My stroke is just my stroke.”
“No great improvements in the lot of mankind are possible until a great change takes place in the fundamental constitution of their modes of thought.”
“I think zombies have always been an easy metaphor for hard times. Because they're this big, faceless, brainless group of evil things that will work tirelessly to destroy you and think of nothing else.”
“Reading a poem in translation is like kissing a woman through a veil.”
“People, man, they love hurting people. It's not even fair.”
“Why do Britons keep stabbing each other in August? Why do seaside hotels burn down in August? Why do children disappear in August, examinations get easier and Heathrow become the world's worst airport? The answer lies not in reality but in appearance. News editors abhor a vacuum. Half an hour of airtime and 10 pages of news must be filled each day, whatever the weather.”

Source : "The state has only aided our seasonal spates of thuggery" by Simon Jenkins, www.theguardian.com. August 21, 2007.
“Wherever you are, design your life. Live the values of your generation.”

Source : "The Spirit of Collaboration Is Touching All of Our Lives" by Don Tapscott, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 11, 2013.

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