"The power of resistance is to set an example: not necessarily to change the person with whom you disagree, but to empower the one who is watching and whose growth is not yet completed, whose path is not at all clear, whose direction is still very much up in the proverbial air."

-- Tim Wise

#Air Quotes #Empowering Quotes #Growth Quotes

“I'm sure I wouldn't have been asked to judge the Man Booker if it weren't for 'Downton.'”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“History is not usually what has happened. History is what some people have thought to be significant.”
“I'm trying to simplify my life, I guess that's my latest project.”
“[A mathematician is a] scientist who can figure out anything except such simple things as squaring the circle and trisecting an angle.”
“You are axes, in a world of wood. And the wood remembers when it has been cut, even if the axe forgets.”

Source : Speech to students at Phillips Exeter Academy, 2007.
“This is not the kind of country where you would feel comfortable if you were opposed to democracy, parliamentary law, independent courts and so I would say to people who don't feel comfortable with those values there might be other countries where they'd feel more comfortable with their own values or beliefs”

Source : "Respect Australian values or leave: Costello". "Lateline" with Tony Jones, www.abc.net.au. August 24, 2005.
“I've done 80 books and if anyone has entertained the idea of owning one of my books, I think this is the book that covers all the bases. I'm very proud of it.”
“To be honest, I haven't seen a lot of the current crop of teen movies because there's only so much time and there's nothing that really drives me to do it.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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