"If there's a world here in a hundred years, it's going to be saved by tens of millions of little things. The powers-that-be can break up any big thing they want. They can corrupt it or co-opt it from the inside, or they can attack it from the outside. But what are they going to do about 10 million little things? They break up two of them, and three more like them spring up!"

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Source : "Pete Seeger: How can I keep from singing?". Interview With Sarah van Gelder, www.csmonitor.com. January 31, 2014.

Pete Seeger

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“Elder sisters never can do younger ones justice!”

Source : Charlotte Mary Yonge (1873). “The Pillars of the House, Or Under Wode, Under Rode”
“I get really grinchy right up until Christmas morning.”
“I wish someone would have told me that, just because I'm a girl, I don't have to get married.”
“Live to discover, as long as discovery leads to a love that comes from the Creator... writing was the mirror to life.”
“A lot of people have been saying I am obsessed with the "making history" thing. But it's what pushes me, it's what drives me, it's a huge boost knowing that I am going to be the first. There's a long list of Olympic champions that have become world champions, but none of them are from England.”

Source : Source: www.gq-magazine.co.uk
“Comedy is about flaws anyway... There's a lot of humor in the dark areas of life.”
“Writers seldom write the things they think. They simply write the things they think other folks think they think.”
“Publication in 'The New Yorker' meant everything, and it's no exaggeration to say that it changed my life.”

Source : "The Exchange: Daniel Alarcón" by Thessaly La Force, www.newyorker.com. May 5, 2009.

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