"You do not become a ''dissident'' just because you decide one day to take up this most unusual career. You are thrown into it by your personal sense of responsibility, combined with a complex set of external circumstances. You are cast out of the existing structures and placed in a position of conflict with them. It begins as an attempt to do your work well, and ends with being branded an enemy of society."

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Source : "The Power of the Powerless". Book by Václav Havel, 1979.

Vaclav Havel

#Responsibility Quotes #Careers Quotes #Patriotism Quotes

“Arnold said this is a last minute attack by Democrats. How did Arnold know to grope only Democrats?”
“I've always looked at my career as an athlete would look at his: I won't play forever. Some don't know when to walk away, but the smart ones do.”
“The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.”

Source : Song: Secret O' Life, Album: JT, 1977
“The current global landscape is quite different from the not-too-distant past. The process of globalization has intensified, and the world is moving towards new forms of governance.”

Source : "What If Everything Went Straight to Hell?". Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com.
“Reconciliation requires changes of heart and spirit, as well as social and economic change. It requires symbolic as well as practical action.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“There's something in the very small minutia of life that tells us something about the big, big picture that we see every day all over the place, and so I think the more specific and creative and revelatory you are in the micro, the more powerful the macro will be.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“Remodeling is like pulling a loose thread on a cheap sweater - the job keeps unraveling.”
“I hope that I would put whatever my political beliefs aside, and realize that my country's asked me to to something, and do it.”

Source : Source: movieweb.com

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