#ang

Never such innocence, Never before or since, As changed itself to past Without a word--the men Leaving the gardens tidy, The thousands of marriages Lasting a little while longer: Never such innocence again. ↗

— Philip Larkin

#expectation #innocence #sadness #war #change

You do it for yourself. You don’t expect to change the world. You don’t even expect to influence your family or your friends. You do it because you can’t not do it and be who you are. Or who you’re meant to be. ↗

— Martin Sheen

#inspiration #change

I would be an organ donor, but I’d much rather donate a piano. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#humor #organ-donor #piano #change

. . . and I don’t expect him to suborn his life into mine any more than I would change my dreams for him. We’re not one soul, one being, however much we love each other. ↗

— Ann Aguirre

#soul #change

Simply because one is Black or Latino or lesbian or gay or whatever does not guarantee the person’s fidelity to a body of politics that empowers the particular constituency that they supposedly represent. The number of black elected officials has risen from 100 in 1964 to more than 9000 today. The number of African Americans who were in congress 30 years ago was about five; today it is over 40, an 800 percent increase. But have Blacks experienced an 800 percent increase in real power? It hasn’t happened. So, I think the emphasis of this liberal notion of social change by working solely within the established electoral system is just fatally flawed. ↗

— Manning Marable

#real-power #change

When we reject our origins, we become the product of whatever soil that we find ourselves planted; the colors of our leaves change as we consume borrowed nutrients with borrowed roots and, like a tree, we grow. ↗

— Mike Norton

#heritage #originality #reject #rejection #tree

Go APE: Author a great book, Publish it quickly, and Entrepreneur your way to success. Self-publishing isn’t easy, but it’s fun and sometimes even lucrative. Plus, your book could change the world. ↗

— Guy Kawasaki

#writing #writing-process #change

Sometimes you have to do things you don't like in order to make a change in the world. ↗

— Carrie Ryan

#miasma #change

The world you once knew is no more for you. ↗

— Travis Luedke

#change #control #domination #nightlife #submission

Life moves forward, not backward, and it would be wise to listen to what change has to say. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#learning #life #change