"Patriarchy is a disease and we are in perennial recovery and relapse. So you have to get up every morning and struggle against it."

-- Cornel West

#Morning Quotes #Struggle Quotes #Recovery Quotes

“Wherever you are, design your life. Live the values of your generation.”

Source : "The Spirit of Collaboration Is Touching All of Our Lives" by Don Tapscott, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 11, 2013.
“We are all here to contribute our gifts toward something greater than ourselves, and will never be content unless we are.”

Source : Charles Eisenstein (2013). “The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible”, p.180, North Atlantic Books
“Most redoubted lord and right sovereign cousin, may the Almighty Lord have you in his keeping.”
“I was speaking on the radio in South Texas [in 2016], and I was speaking to Hispanics, and I said 'You know, you probably vote Democrat because your parents always voted Democrat, and your grandparents always voted Democrat, but let me tell you something. Thirty years ago in Texas, there were two parties - liberal Democrats and conservative Democrats. Looking at your principles, your values as Hispanics, in all probability your parents were conservative Democrats. The conservative Democrats of 30 years ago are Republicans today!'”
“California's 74-year-old Senator Barbara Boxer announced she will not run for re-election in 2016. When I saw the headline '74-Year-Old Boxer,' I assumed they were making another 'Rocky' movie.”
“Aggressiveness is the principal guarantor of survival.”
“While physics and mathematics may tell us how the universe began, they are not much use in predicting human behavior because there are far too many equations to solve. I'm no better than anyone else at understanding what makes people tick, particularly women.”
“Enthusiasm is the power that transfers the mental blueprint into the physical dimension.”

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