"A community is only a community when the majority of its members are making the transition from 'the community for myself' to 'myself for the community'."

--

Jean Vanier

#Community Quotes #Majority Quotes #Transition Quotes

“In this movie, you have all the things you love from Tim. All the magic and the whimsy and the surreal, but he also has a fantastic story of a father and son that really gets under your skin.”
“The quality of a society depends on its capacity to produce eminent personalities.”

Source : Gonzalo Fernández de la Mora (1987). “Egalitarian Envy: The Political Foundations of Social Justice”, New York : Paragon House
“The wind of change is blowing through the continent. Whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact.”

Source : "Mr Macmillan's appeal to South Africans". Harold MacMillan's speech to the South African Parliament, "The Times" (p. 15), February 4, 1960.
“I don't work with an outline, except a vague one in my head, a general idea of character, place, arc... I'm like a composer with a symphony in their head: I can hear the music, I just have to figure out how to put it down on paper. But I don't always know where my stories are going when I begin.”
“Perhaps already I am dead, And these perhaps are phantoms vain;â€” These motley phantasies that pass At night through my disordered brain. Perhaps with ancient heathen shapes, Old faded gods, this brain is full; Who, for their most unholy rites, Have chosen a dead poet's skull...”
“Nothing is more abhorrent to me than sugary-sweet photography full of pretense, poses, and gimmickry. For this reason, I have allowed myself to tell the truth about our times and people in a sincere manner.”
“Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.”
“When he hit it, I knew that it was my ball. But I had to catch it and it seemed like the hardest catch of my life. I said to myself, 'Two hands, just like your dad taught you.'”

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