"I will be as harsh as truth, and uncompromising as justice... I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard."

-- William Lloyd Garrison

#Justice Quotes #Retreat Quotes #Excuse Quotes

“Now that I'm in 'Nashville,' the thing that I'm loving the most is co-writing. You walk into the room and you shake hands with someone you've never met before and you walk out four hours later and you've got this thing... sharing ideas and everything, it's almost magical, like a miracle.”
“Dave Eggers is a prince among men when it comes to writing deeply felt, socially conscious books that meld reportage with fiction. While A Hologram for the King is fiction...it's a strike against the current state of global economic injustice.”
“An illusion dissipated is an experience gained.”
“I like using LEGO bricks as a medium because I enjoy seeing peopleâ€™s reaction to artwork created from something with which they are familiar. â€¦My goal is to elevate this simple plaything to a place it has never been before. I also appreciate the cleanliness of the LEGOÂ® brick. The right angles. The distinct lines. But, from a distance, those right angles and distinct lines offer new perspectives, changing to curves.”
“I want to be a Kid Reporter because I would like to meet interesting people, and I also love being in front of the camera! As a Kid Reporter, I would love to learn how to be a better writer and interview people.”
“When violence against women is no longer societally accepted, no longer kept secret; when everyone understands that even one case is too many. That's when it will change.”
“But did you know that during the past quarter century, no presidential election has been won by more than ten million ballots cast? Yet every federal election during the same time period had at least one hundred million people of voting age who did not bother to vote!”
“My poor life This shawl Frayed on strongboxes full of gold I roll along with Dream And smoke And the only flame in the universe”

Source : Blaise Cendrars (1993). “Complete Poems”, p.18, Univ of California Press

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