"Regardless of your age, you will always have adventures, unexpected joys and unexpected sorrows."

-- Betty Friedan

#Adventure Quotes #Inspirational Birthday Quotes #Joy Quotes

“I believe that telling our stories, first to ourselves and then to one another and the world, is a revolutionary act. It is an act that can be met with hostility, exclusion, and violence. It can also lead to love, understanding, transcendence, and community. I hope that my being real with you will help empower you to step into who you are and encourage you to share yourself with those around you.”

Source : Janet Mock (2014). “Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More”, p.18, Simon and Schuster
“Your stew, so long deferred, stands finally extra causas. Greet it as your fellow creature. It is as deliciously unnecessary as you are.”
“And invention must still go on for it is necessary that we should completely control our circumstances. It is not sufficient that there should [only] be organization capable of providing food and shelter for all and organization to effect its proper distribution.”
“Prayer doesn't just change things - it changes us. If we are diligent in seeking God, slowly and surely we become better people.”
“I'm obviously a typeomaniac, which is an incurable if not mortal disease. I can't explain it. I just love, I just like looking at type. I just get a total kick out of it: they are my friends. Other people look at bottles of wine or whatever, or, you know, girls' bottoms. I get kicks out of looking at type. It's a little worrying, I admit, but it's a very nerdish thing to do.”

Source : "Helvetica". Documentary, www.imdb.com. 2007.
“To destroy images is something every revolution has been able to do.”

Source : "The Face Of The Third Reich". Book by Joachim C. Fest, Chapter 13, Part 3, 1970.
“The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot.”
“And pity--people who inspire it in you are actually very powerful people. To get someone else to take care of you, to feel sorry for you--that takes a lot of strength, smarts, manipulation. Very powerful people.”

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