#Army Quotes #Scare Quotes #Activism Quotes
“I had to decide if I wanted to be known as a writer or a reader. I chose writer.”
“I started playing instruments. Writing didn't come until later. I didn't know how to play a keyboard but I'd listen to hits off the radio, learn them, then my hands would be ready to play.”
“I have made no distinction between the circulation of goods and of money, because there really is none.”
Source : Jean Baptiste Say (1827). “A treatise on political economy: or, The production, distribution and consumption of wealth”, p.86
“If you don't decide what your life is about, it defaults to what you spend your days doing.”
“The wicked flee when none pursueth.”
Source : Charles Portis (2011). “True Grit”, p.25, A&C Black
“The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights were all written by affluent white males, but to discuss them in any meaningful way, you have to bring in the roles of African Americans - the enslaved blacks - and the roles of women, who were scarcely acknowledged by those documents. You have to discuss why slavery wasn't outlawed by the Constitution, why women weren't given the votes. The Bill of Rights isn't about dead white males anymore, and it's not just about live white males either; it's about every minority group that exists.”
“Sex is the joining of two bodies; love is the joining of two souls.”
“I don't really understand what the public perception of me is. I think public perception and reality are two wholly different things.”
Jehane Noujaim Film director
Queen Noor of Jordan Advocate
