"Flowers are beautiful, for instance, but we are not inclined to marry them. Duty, on the contrary, is a bugle call to action, whether you are inclined to act, or not. In this case, I obey the bugle call of duty."

-- L. Frank Baum

#Beautiful Quotes #Flower Quotes #Action Quotes

“If they're [his clients] not temperamental, I don't want them. It's in the nature of a great artist to be that way.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“It's okay to accept things from people. It doesn't make you weak or helpless.”

Source : Sarah Dessen (2008). “Lock and Key”, p.230, Penguin
“The literature of the inner life is very largely a record of struggle with the inordinate passions of the social self.”

Source : Charles Horton Cooley (1964). “Human Nature and the Social Order”, p.248, Transaction Publishers
“Obedience sums up our entire duty.”
“The New Deal never rethought the draconian racist immigration restriction policies of the 20s, of course, but its electoral base rested significantly on "ethnic" voters, whose activism was both hemmed in and rewarded by the Democrats. Southern and Eastern Europeans were included as secondary leaders of the new industrial unions, and as entitled citizens qualified for social security, unemployment compensation, and fair labor standards protections, even as workers of color were largely left out of key areas of the welfare state.”

Source : Source: www.counterpunch.org
“Moses is our true founding father.”
“The only logical solution to solve the Palestinian issue is to hold free elections with the participation of Palestinians inside and outside the occupied territories and a recognition of the nation's legitimacy”
“Be as honest with yourself as you possibly can. And it's not going to work for everybody, and I know you're going to be afraid of that, but please don't worry about being accepted by everybody. The people who like you and want to be around you, that's what matters, and that's what's healthiest for yourself.”

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