#issues

Causes do matter. And the world is changed by people who care deeply about causes – about things that matter. We don’t have to be particularly smart or talented. We don’t need a lot of money or education. All we really need is to be passionate about something important; something bigger than ourselves. And it’s that commitment to a worthwhile cause that changes the world. ↗

— Steve Goodier

#cause #causes #changing-the-world #commitment #commitments

They had supported him ... for freedom's sake, they would have said; meaning as do all men who mouth that catchword, freedom for themselves and their own class. ↗

— Margaret Butler

#social-issues #freedom

And, what's more, this 'precious' body, the very same that is hooted and honked at, demeaned both in daily life as well as in ever existing form of media, harrassed, molested, raped, and, if all that wasn't enough, is forever poked and prodded and weighed and constantly wrong for eating too much, eating too little, a million details which all point to the solitary girl, to EVERY solitary girl, and say: Destroy yourself. ↗

— Emilie Autumn

#ideals #social-issues #life

There is my first insight, young woman. Always downplay the value of money; it will make it easier for him to hand it over ↗

— Ivena When Heaven Weeps Ted Dekker

#money-issues #relationship #money

People have to do awful things for money. ↗

— Gillian Flynn

#money-issues #money

I really did try to write it so that an educated public that cares about issues like this doesn't have to be a lawyer and can read it and understand it. ↗

— Floyd Abrams

#cares #did #educated #i #issues

Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been examining for a long time. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#destruction #examining #fears #filmmakers #issues

All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, violence, death, political and social issues, freedom. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#coming #death #end #freedom #haunt

Everyone knows about the substantive issues of concern, like federal health care, but very little is said about the process, the lack of accountability. ↗

— Justin Amash

#accountability #care #concern #everyone #federal

With Groo, I try to do one story every book. Sometimes the stories are better if they go a little longer, and I choose to do it in four issues. ↗

— Sergio Aragones

#book #choose #every #four #go