"For all the cruelty and hardship of our world, we are not mere prisoners of fate. Our actions matter, and can bend history in the direction of justice."

-- Barack Obama

#Fate Quotes #Our World Quotes #Justice Quotes

“I started out as a writer and a director. I started acting because I wanted to know how to relate to the actors. When people ask me what I do, I don't really say that I'm an actor, because actors often wait for someone to give them roles.”
“A leader can give up anything - except final responsibility.”
“I hate talking about music, to tell you the truth.”
“It's hard to put into words the impact of the perfect lyric, melody or contagious beat that moves you in an unexpected way. Authors, composers and artists have tried - and here we've rounded up our favorite quotes that help to begin forming structure around such an unspoken universal force. Which are most meaningful to you? If you had to sum up the power of music and sound in one sentence, what would you say?"A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence."”
“There are a million reasons why you can't. Focus on the few reasons why you can.”

Source : FaceBook post by Kara Goucher from Mar 20, 2013
“Besides the practical knowledge which defeat offers, there are important personality profits to be taken. Defeat strips away false values and makes you realize what you really want. It stops you from chasing butterflies and puts you to work digging gold.”
“We must respect each other's right to choose a collective destiny, and the opportunity to develop the legal and political rights for Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples so that we may enjoy the right to maintain our culture, our heritage and our land, as a united Australia.”
“If death turned out to be a lack of being rather than a lack of consciousness, well, then, that sucked.”

Source : Linda Howard (2008). “Death Angel: A Novel”, p.166, Ballantine Books

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