"Nothing will change until we change - until we throw off our dependence and act for ourselves."

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Source : Myles Horton (2003). “The Myles Horton Reader: Education for Social Change”, p.118, Univ. of Tennessee Press

Myles Horton

“What we have to do as a nation, and London as a city, is to get behind that figure and think what we are doing.”
“Sometimes you just gotta get in front of the camera because sometimes you have a long break between things, or you're auditioning and maybe nothing's really happening.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“That's the way girls are isn't it? They swear eternal friendship, and then as soon as a man's in the case it's all forgotten.”
“Personally, I think it's a good way to let a child start right in with the laws of Nature before he's old enough to be surprised at them.”
“Being civilized means that one keeps one's words unrelated to one's thoughts, when necessary.”

Source : Ursula Parrott (1989). “Ex-wife”, Plume
“Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.”

Source : Mary McLeod Bethune, Audrey Thomas McCluskey, Elaine M. Smith (2001). “Mary McLeod Bethune: Building a Better World : Essays and Selected Documents”, p.60, Indiana University Press
“The egg creams of Avenue A in New York and the root beer float....are among the high points of American gastronomic inventiveness.”
“The man who let the love of his life pass him by will end up alone with his regrets and all the sighs in the world won't soothe his soul.”

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