"Richness in the world is a result of other people's poverty. We should begin to shorten the abyss between haves and have-nots."

-- Eduardo Galeano

#People Quotes #World Quotes #Poverty Quotes

“The Republicans believe that the wagon train will not make it to the frontier unless some of the old, some of the young, some of the weak are left behind.”

Source : 1984 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 16 July 1984, San Francisco, CA
“The way that I Am is designed, it becomes a kind of archipelago, which the Bahamas are.”
“It was the mark of a barbarian to destroy something one could not understand.”
“After all, to get the whole universe totally wrong in the face of clear evidence for over 75 years merits monumental embarrassment and should induce a modicum of humility.”
“Whenever you see me somewhere succeeding in one area of my life, that almost certainly means I am failing in another area of my life.”

Source : Shonda Rhimes (2015). “Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person”, p.86, Simon and Schuster
“What I do for a living puts me in the spotlight.”
“We have achieved two of the three alchemists' dreams: We have transmuted the elements and learned to fly. Immortality is next.”
“Genuine politics -- even politics worthy of the name -- the only politics I am willing to devote myself to -- is simply a matter of serving those around us: serving the community and serving those who will come after us. Its deepest roots are moral because it is a responsibility expressed through action, to and for the whole.”

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