"One of the greatest evils of the day among those outside of prison is their sense of futility. Young people say, What is the sense of our small effort? They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time; we can be responsible only for the one action of the present moment."

-- Dorothy Day

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“Its only when you are a great actor and are recognised for your good work that you become famous. Unless you are in the news for the wrong reasons!”
“He was uniformly of an opinion which, though not a popular one, he was ready to aver, that the right of governing was not property, but a trust.”

Source : On Pitt's scheme of Parliamentary Reform, in J. L. Hammond 'C. J. Fox' (1903) p. 75
“Cheerfulness has a directly beneficial influence upon health.”
“Seeing is in itself a creative act which requires effort.”
“The EU is not going to attack the United States. Supposedly, China or the EU was doing this on the UScan you imagine what the blowout would be?”
“People always say be true to yourself. But thatâ€™s misleading, because there are two selves. Thereâ€™s your short term self, and thereâ€™s your long term self. And if youâ€™re only true to your short term self, your long term self slowly decays.”

Source : Brandon Stanton (2015). “Humans of New York: Stories”, p.120, Pan Macmillan
“No activity that society thinks immoral is victimless. Knowledge that an activity is taking place is a harm to those who find it profoundly immoral.”

Source : Robert H. Bork (2009). “The Tempting of America”, p.123, Simon and Schuster
“I think for me, home needs to be a sanctuary. I need to feel like I've escaped the day when I get home.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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