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“YOU OVERPOWER THEM

ONCE FOR ALL, AND THEY

ARE GONE; YOU CHANGE

THEIR COUNTENANCE AND

SEND THEM AWAY.”

—JOB 14:20

“THERE IS NOTHING STABLE

IN THE WORLD; UPROAR’S

YOUR ONLY MUSIC.”

—JOHN KEATS

FINAL

THOUGHT

“Our future lies

in continuing

to look up,

continuing to look

out, continuing

to probe for the

pie in the sky.

It’s there.”

—MALCOLM FORBES

THOUGHTS ON

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“IDLE TO

PRETEND WE

HAVE LOST

PARADISE. WE

NEVER HAD IT; IT

IS STILL TO MAKE.”

—SUSAN ERTZ

SOURCES: MALCOLM X SPEAKS; THE TIMES BOOK OF QUOTATIONS;

UNPOPULAR ESSAYS, BY BERTRAND RUSSELL; SISTERS IN CRIME, BY FREDA ADLER;

PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY, BY G.W.F. HEGEL; THE POISONWOOD BIBLE, BY BARBARA KINGSOLVER;

ANGER IN THE SKY, BY SUSAN ERTZ; PLAYER PIANO, BY KURT VONNEGUT.

Change

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“Slide the weight from

your shoulders and

move forward.”

—BARBARA KINGSOLVER

“It is not only by the

questions we have

answered that progress

may be measured, but

also by those we are

still asking.”

—FREDA ADLER

“A man of destiny knows

that beyond this hill lies

another and another.

The journey is never

complete.”

—F.W. DE KLERK

“A step backward

after making a wrong

turn is a step in the

right direction.”

—KURT VONNEGUT

“Usually when

people are sad,

they don’t do

anything. They

just cry over

their condition.

But when they

get angry, they

bring about a

change.”

—MALCOLM X

“THE HISTORY OF THE

WORLD IS NONE OTHER

THAN THE PROGRESS

OF THE CONSCIOUSNESS

OF FREEDOM.”

—G.W.F. HEGEL

“Change is inevitable.

In a progressive country,

change is constant.”

—BENJAMIN DISRAELI

“WITHOUT

DEVIATION

FROM THE

NORM,

PROGRESS

IS NOT

POSSIBLE.”

—FRANK ZAPPA

“IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE

ATTITUDES, START WITH

A CHANGE IN BEHAVIOR.”

—KATHARINE HEPBURN

“Let reality

be reality. Let

things ow

naturally

forward in

whatever way

they like.”

—LAO TZU

“ ‘CHANGE’ IS SCIENTIFIC,

‘PROGRESS’ IS ETHICAL.

CHANGE IS INDUBITABLE,

WHEREAS PROGRESS IS A

MATTER OF CONTROVERSY.”

—BERTRAND RUSSELL