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What motivates me is the desire to bring up a whole new generation of active citizens who believe in peace and social justice and will work for it.


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We don't have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.

We don't have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.



Hope is essential to any political struggle for radical change when the overall social climate promotes disillusionment and despair.

Hope is essential to any political struggle for radical change when the overall social climate promotes disillusionment and despair.



But remember, this power of the people on top depends on the obedience of the people below. When people stop obeying, they have no power.

But remember, this power of the people on top depends on the obedience of the people below. When people stop obeying, they have no power.



But I suppose the most revolutionary act one can engage in is... to tell the truth.

But I suppose the most revolutionary act one can engage in is... to tell the truth.



Education can, and should be, dangerous.

Education can, and should be, dangerous.



There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.

There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.



Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.

Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.



Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.

Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.



They have the guns, we have the poets. Therefore, we will win.

They have the guns, we have the poets. Therefore, we will win.



The problem in this world is not civil disobedience...th e problem in this world is civil obedience.

The problem in this world is not civil disobedience...th e problem in this world is civil obedience.





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I did climb about 80 buildings around the world and I climbed even the five tallest.

I did climb about 80 buildings around the world and I climbed even the five tallest.



Expect the unexpected.

Expect the unexpected.



The real Antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity.

The real Antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity.



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You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.



Some songs you get. Some songs you may not. And I think that's the beauty of art: to question and to ask, to understand the deeper meaning after two or three or four listenings.

Some songs you get. Some songs you may not. And I think that's the beauty of art: to question and to ask, to understand the deeper meaning after two or three or four listenings.



He leaned down until his lips brushed her ear. “I told you to stop flinching.” And then he bit her. A slow, painless nip but there were definitely teeth involved.

He leaned down until his lips brushed her ear. “I told you to stop flinching.” And then he bit her. A slow, painless nip but there were definitely teeth involved.



There are many religious points of view where the conservation of the world is just as important as it is to scientists.

There are many religious points of view where the conservation of the world is just as important as it is to scientists.



Getting out of the comfortable path, that's what exploration is all about.

Getting out of the comfortable path, that's what exploration is all about.



I never wanted to be an actor. I never want to be an actor. I want to be a movie star. The whole idea of having to act is too gruesome. It's too ambitious for me.

I never wanted to be an actor. I never want to be an actor. I want to be a movie star. The whole idea of having to act is too gruesome. It's too ambitious for me.




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