"Freedom came in strange forms and from unexpected directions."

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Source : Lisa Jewell (2005). “Vince and Joy”, p.325, Penguin UK

Lisa Jewell

#Unexpected Quotes #Strange Quotes #Form Quotes

“In honor of Oprah Winfrey: Even greater than the ability to inspire others with hope is the power to motivate them to give as much to the lives of others as they would give to their own; and to empower them to confront the worst in themselves in order to discover and claim the best in themselves.”
“The trouble with paternalists is that they want to make impossibly profound changes, and they choose impossibly superficial means for doing so.”
“Culture has to be constantly on the vanguard, too. It should be educating people, as it does in Latin America: thousands of great theatres, art cinemas, millions of free books distributed by the governments, public poetry readings, free public lectures, and all sorts of bookstores are open until early mornings, exhibitions reacting to the needs and sorrows of society, concerts of engaged music.”
“I would make myself head of the style police and we would fight fiercely against sloppiness,”
“She had seemed to need something from him that he hadnâ€™t been able to give...at last he realized that what she had needed from him was need itself. That he should need her as she needed him.”
“In short, killing the goose that lays the golden egg is a viable political strategy, so long as the goose does not die before the next election and no one traces the politiciansâ€™ fingerprints on the murder weapon.”
“If there's any lesson I've learned in the last five years, it's don't be so sure about what lies ahead. There are amazing doors that could open,”

Source : "An Early Halloween Fright for Wall St.: Elizabeth Warren for Treasury Secretary?" by Sandra Sobieraj Westfall, people.com. October 22, 2014.
“Without the power of the Industrial Union behind it, Democracy can only enter the State as the victim enters the gullet of the Serpent.”

Source : James Connolly (1915). “The re-conquest of Ireland”

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