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Commanders and historians are the people who discuss wars; I was in the infantry, and most of the time I did not know where I was or what I was doing except that I was obeying orders and trying not to be killed in any of the variety of horrible ways open to me. ↗


— Robertson Davies


#fifth-business #historians #infantry #orders #survival

Community is a sign that love is possible in a materialistic world where people so often either ignore or fight each other. It is a sign that we don't need a lot of money to be happy--in fact, the opposite. ↗


— Jean Vanier


#love #love

The first duty of a man is to think for himself ↗


— José Martí


#democracy #freedom #history #hope #individualism

The job is what you do when you are told what to do. The job is showing up at the factory, following instructions, meeting spec, and being managed. Someone can always do your job a little better or faster or cheaper than you can. The job might be difficult, it might require skill, but it's a job. Your art is what you do when no one can tell you exactly how to do it. Your art is the act of taking personal responsibility, challenging the status quo, and changing people. I call the process of doing your art 'the work.' It's possible to have a job and do the work, too. In fact, that's how you become a linchpin. The job is not the work. ↗


— Seth Godin


#artists #commitment #conformity #dedication #job

Once you educate the boys, they tend to leave the villages and go search for work in the cities, but the girls stay home, become leaders in the community, and pass on what they’ve learned. If you really want to change a culture, to empower women, improve basic hygiene and health care, and fight high rates of infant mortality, the answer is to educate girls. ↗


— Greg Mortenson


#education #change

When we were five, they asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up. Our answers were thing like astronaut, president, or in my case… princess. When we were ten, they asked again and we answered - rock star, cowboy, or in my case, gold medalist. But now that we've grown up, they want a serious answer. Well, how 'bout this: who the hell knows?! This isn't the time to make hard and fast decisions, its time to make mistakes. Take the wrong train and get stuck somewhere chill. Fall in love - a lot. Major in philosophy 'cause there's no way to make a career out of that. Change your mind. Then change it again, because nothing is permanent. So make as many mistakes as you can. That way, someday, when they ask again what we want to be… we won't have to guess. We'll know. [from the movie] ↗


— Stephenie Meyer


#graduation #change

We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better. ↗


— J.K. Rowling


#harvard-commencement-speech #imagination #magic #change

I want to change the world, and do something valuable and beautiful. I want people to remember me before I'm dead, and then more afterwards. ↗


— Russell Brand


#fame #immortality #beauty

Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it. ↗


— George Carlin


#equality #feminism #humanism #humor #inspirational

The happy and powerful do not go into exile, and there are no surer guarantees of equality among men than poverty and misfortune. ↗


— Alexis de Tocqueville


#immigration #equality






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