"Never depend upon institutions or government to solve any problem. All social movements are founded by, guided by, motivated and seen through by the passion of individuals."

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Source : Attributed to Margaret Mead in Michael S. Matthews, Ph.D. and Jaime A. Castellano, Ed.D. "Talent Development for English Language Learners: Identifying and Developing Potential", November 15, 2013.

Margaret Mead

#Freedom Quotes #Passion Quotes #Government Quotes

“Age has a good mind and sorry shanks.”

Source : Pietro Aretino (1933). “The Works”
“I'm a Christian. I was born and raised a Catholic. But I think there are people that are frauds that are ministers.”
“I suppose there must be idiots who dream of signing deals with publishers while fully intending to drink martinis in cool bars or ride around on skateboards. But the actual writers I know are experts in neurotic self-torture. Every page of writing is the result of a thousand tiny decisions and desperate acts of will.”
“You're hard to please: so many friends and so few cares, and can't make yourself content.”
“I kinda went back to that period between '88 and '94 where I felt like I was the most creative, without being hindered by powers that be. I was no longer going to try to hinder myself to what I thought was going to be on the radio.”
“So, the fear of death might be described as the fear of not being able to become whom one had planned to be.”

Source : Pascal Mercier (2009). “Night Train To Lisbon”, p.102, Atlantic Books Ltd
“This is what I tell, especially young women, fight the big fights. Don't fight the little fight... Be the first one in, be the last one out. Do your homework, choose your battles. Don't whine, and don't be the one who complains about everything. Fight the big fight.”
“You still really fight for good parts. It never stops. It's never a breeze. The people at the top of their game work as hard as the people at the bottom.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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