"Only those faults which we encounter in ourselves are insufferable to us in others."

-- Sophie Swetchine

#Faults Quotes #Encounters Quotes #Insufferable Quotes

“In the midst of global crises such as pollution, wars and famine, kindness may be too easily dismissed as a 'soft' issue, or a luxury to be addressed after the urgent problems are solved. But kindness is the greatest need in all those areas - kindness toward the environment, toward other nations, toward the needs of people who are suffering. Until we reflect basic kindness in everything we do, our political gestures will be fleeting and fragile.”
“We never know how much has been missing from our lives until a true writer comes along.”
“Smoking cigarettes seems to alarm peace activists much more than voting for Reagan does.”
“Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.”
“The audiences are really different in general. Even in the same country or in the same city, from one venue to another, the audiences can be totally different.”
“An artist, if he's unselfish and passionate, is always a living protest. Just to open his mouth is to protest: against conformism, against what is official, public, or national, what everyone else feels comfortable with, so the moment he opens his mouth, an artist is engaged, because opening his mouth is always scandalous.”
“One day I was asked to pick up $50,000 worth of gold chains for Mr. T. For real!”
“Workers are on the streets today with a clear message to Europe's leaders. There is a great danger that workers are going to pay the price for the reckless speculation that took place in financial markets.”

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