"Rebels seldom make good revolutionaries, because organized action, even union with other people, is not possible for them."

-- Lillian Hellman

#People Quotes #Rebel Quotes #Unions Quotes

“Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains rather than do an immoral act. And never suppose that in any possible situation, or under any circumstances, it is best for you to do a dishonorable thing, however slightly so it may appear to you . . . . From the practice of the purest virtue, you may be assured you will derive the most sublime comforts in every moment of life, and in the moment of death.”
“The most powerful single force in the world today is neither Communism nor Capitalism, neither the H-bomb nor the guided missile -- it is man's eternal desire to be free and independent.”
“You see, one strand...of anarchism believed that you needed to use essentially homeopathic doses of terror by assassinating people, et cetera, the so-called 'propaganda of the deed', and that this propaganda of the deed would rouse people up, give them confidence to rise up. Another section believed 'No, it was not by seeing something happen that people get confidence, but it's by acting', in other words, the movements must go among the people and produce small struggles, bigger struggles, to give people greater and greater confidence.”

Source : "“Exiles From the Future”: An Interview with Vijay Prashad". Interview with Andrew Stewart, www.counterpunch.org. August 17, 2016.
“I have a short attention span.”
“I love young men, lots of them, your ancient masculine double standard.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day. Today will never happen again.”
“I like going in to different styles of acting and exploring stuff I haven't done before.”
“Some of those stories in local newspapers are just as dull and boring as the stories that I get from on-line services, which are basically sort of straight news.”

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