Counter Social Movements Quotes & Sayings

homesickness rose up inside Rincewind like a late-night prawn biriani, — Terry Pratchett

In the case of Tunisia, it was indeed this single act that sparked what had been long-standing active protest movements and moved them forward. But that's not so unusual. Let's look at our own history. Take the civil rights movement. There had been plenty of concern and activism about violent repression of blacks in the South, and it took a couple of students sitting in at a lunch counter to really set it off. Small acts can make a big difference when there is a background of concern, understanding, and preliminary activism. — Noam Chomsky

turned back into his office, pushing his door closed. "Uh oh," Zwingler said to Casey. "Looks — Robin Burcell

I know that everybody is so obsessed with this idea of fame, and they think that I'm obsessed. In all honesty, I'm just doing me. — Aubrey O'Day

We used to do coke, till "Just Say No" put the stuff out of reach. Now it's crank. Meth. The monster. It's a bitch on the body, but damn do you fly. — Ellen Hopkins

Universities are some of the few places left where a struggle for the commons, for public life, if not democracy itself, can be made visible through the medium of collective voices and social movements energized by the need for a politics and way of life counter to authoritarian capitalism. — Henry Giroux

There is something about being people from your home country in a different country. It bonds you together. — Margot Robbie

After I was assaulted in Egypt, I learned fear. I've just never been so scared in my life. I've never been so close to death. — Lara Logan

Most people would rather defend to the death your right to say it than listen to it. — Robert Breault

What we learn to do, we learn by doing. — Thomas Jefferson

The fundamental problem with golf is that every so often, no matter how lacking you may be in the essential virtues required of a steady player, the odds are that one day you will hit the ball straight, hard, and out of sight. This is the essential frustration of this excruciating sport. For when you've done it once, you make the fundamental error of asking yourself why you can't do this all the time. The answer to this question is simple: the first time was a fluke. — Colin Falconer

The worst part is watching someone you love love someone else — Sheena Hutchinson