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“We are living in a moment where we have broken the equilibrium of the planet. We are not paying attention to our intuitive side. We only pay attention to our reason. We have become an urban animal”

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Sebastião Salgado

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“But I hate being a grandfather. It's indecent. In my mind's eye, I'm still twenty-five. Thirty-three max. Certainly not sixty-seven, reeking of decay and dashed hopes. My breath sour. My limbs in dire need of a lube job. And now that I've been blessed with a plastic hip-socket replacement, I'm no longer even biodegradable. Environmentalists will protest my burial.”

Age Health Activism Burial Sedentary Dashed Hopes

Book:Barney's Version

Source: Barney's Version

“But if you sit around thinking what to do and end up not doing anything, why bother even thinking about it? You're better off going out on the town and having a good time. No, we have to think and act. That's what we're doing here, and that's what you have to do.”

Social Justice Activism Social Activism

Book:Don't Be Afraid, Gringo

Source: Don't Be Afraid, Gringo

“The power of your story may not lie in its drama, but in its absolutely perfect relationship to your cause.”

Activism Storytelling Story Advocacy Advocate

Book:Living Proof: Telling Your Story to Make a Difference

Source: Living Proof: Telling Your Story to Make a Difference

“It is a pervasive condition of empires that they affect great swathes of the planet without the empire's populace being aware of that impact - indeed without being aware that many of the affected places even exist. How many Americans are aware of the continuing socio environmental fallout from U.S. militarism and foreign policy decisions made three or four decades ago in, say, Angola or Laos? How many could even place those nation-states on a map?”

America Poverty Environment Activism Inequality Foreign Policy Militarism

Book:Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor

Source: Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor

“Is not the true respect and worship of God the exercising of our power in such a way that we are also respected?”

“There is nothing like the whites of someone’s eyes to convince you how very true what you believe is, how very much you must act on it.”

Activism Stubbornness Rigidity

Book:Make Your Home Among Strangers

Source: Make Your Home Among Strangers

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