"I want to fight poverty and ignorance and give opportunity to those people who are locked out."

-- Russell Simmons

#Ignorance Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Opportunity Quotes

“My right wrist is connected to the left foot. You know, if the left foot doesn't work, the right wrist doesn't work, and that's really the truth.”

Source : "'Talk Of The Nation' Remembers Folk Singer Richie Havens". "Talk of the Nation", www.npr.org. April 23, 2013.
“Is it to be imagined ... that women were made for no other purpose than to fabricate sweetmeats and gingerbread, construct shirts, darn stockings, and become mothers of possible presidents? Assuredly not. Should the women of America ever discover what their power might be, and compare it with what it is, much improvement might be hoped for.”

Source : Frances Milton Trollope (1832). “Domestic Manners of the Americans: Complete in One Volume”, p.225
“All the rest is silence On the other side of the wall, And the silence ripeness, And the ripeness all.”
“Attention, Texas Brigade! The eyes of General Lee are upon you. Forward, march!”
“We have to make good use of the time we have. That simple. We have to wake up every day, knowing that it's not just an ordinary day. We have to take the moment, seize each day.”
“Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.”
“Be positive and work hard. I think it's possible to overcome anything, if you're willing to work at it.”
“Happiness had never been like this before. Now it came like sun showers, the sun and the rain together. Happiness was happier than it had been - sharp, piercing, and snatched, like a breath while swimming in surf.”

Source : Elizabeth Knox (2014). “Dreamhunter: Book One of the Dreamhunter Duet”, p.260, Macmillan

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