"I'm here to change the world, and if I am not, I am probably wasting my time."

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Source : "Utah Phillips". David Kupfer, The Progressive, September 2003.

Utah Phillips

#World Quotes #Changing The World Quotes #Wasting My Time Quotes

“Out yonder they may curse, revile, and torture one another, defile all the human instincts, make a shambles of creation (if it were in their power), but here, no, here, it is unthinkable, here there is abiding peace, the peace of God, and the serene security created by a handful of good neighbors living at one with the creature world.”
“When a child or adolescent is troubled, the most important thing for the parent to focus on may very well be their relationship with their child or adolescent. Parents need to do whatever they can to make sure the relationship is strong.”

Source : Source: www.psychologytoday.com
“The office of president requires the constitution of an athlete, the patience of a mother, the endurance of an early Christian.”
“I worry sometimes that we're apt to confuse forgiveness with forgetfulness. The potency of forgiveness comes precisely from the fact that it must be done while being goaded by an unhappy memory.”

Source : Patrick Gale (2010). “Rough Music”, p.359, Ballantine Books
“What is lawful is not always identical to what is right.”

Source : "Ian McEwan: the law versus religious belief" by Ian McEwan, www.theguardian.com. September 5, 2014.
“We have to set our own agenda, we have to set our own standards, we have to be very strong about what we want, we have to be very strong about our passion and if it's not right for you, you shouldn't do it just because you're advised by so-called geniuses.”
“But when it became an international hoopla where careers lived and died on whether or not you did or didn't get an Oscar, then it got out of hand.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Amazingly when you add life and consciousness to the equation you can actually explain some of the biggest puzzles of science.”

Source : Interview with Deepak Chopra, www.beliefnet.com. June 12, 2010.

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