"This is an inevitable and easily recognizable stage in every revolutionary movement: reformers must expect to be disowned by those who are only too happy to enjoy what has been won for them."

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Doris Lessing

#Movement Quotes #Revolutionary Quotes #Stage Quotes

“The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.”
“It is only when we become aware that our time is limited that we can channel our energy into truly living”
“The truth is that the Spirit of the living God is guaranteed to ask you to go somewhere or do something you wouldnâ€™t normally want or choose to do. The Spirit will lead you into the way of the cross, as He led Jesus to the cross, and that is definitely not a safe or pretty or comfortable place to be. The Holy Spirit of God will mold you into the person you were made to beâ€¦”
“I don't want to be the president of the United States. I do want to work with the governors across the country to make the states more pivotal, more powerful, as they should be.”
“Almost all of my graduate students say that they got interested in dinosaurs because of 'Jurassic Park.'”
“My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.”
“Sexy, to me, is the way you carry what you have. I have a big nose, but I rock it.”
“I do not deny the existence of material substance merely because I have no notion of it, but because the notion of it is inconsistent, or in other words, because it is repugnant that there should be a notion of it.”

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