"Artists are the gatekeepers of truth. We are civilizationâ€™s anchor. We are the compass for humanityâ€™s conscience."

-- Harry Belafonte

#Artist Quotes #Anchors Quotes #Civilization Quotes

“Iâ€™m not attached to anything. Iâ€™m attached to what it feels it's my duty, to do my duty. I think that I will die with the boots on.”
“They've (Israel) lost the battle for public opinion. They claim it's because American Jews know too little.. I claim it's because they know too much about the conflict, and young liberal Jews have difficulty defending the use of cluster bombs in Lebanon or supporting the Israeli settlements.”
“Half of your power lies in your sameness with others. The other half lies in your uniqueness.”
“It is vain and useless to survey everything that goes on in the world if our study does not help us mend our ways.”
“SARS is just made up by the Government of the United States!”
“The time must come to all of us, who live long, when memory is more than prospect. An angler who has reached this stage and reviews the pleasure of life will be grateful and glad that he has been an angler, for he will look back on days radiant with happiness, peaks of enjoyment that are no less bright because they are lit in memory by the light of a setting sun.”
“It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go.”
“Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things and I'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.”

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