“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” ~Marcus Tullius Cicero More on gardens: “I always wanted to create this community that would come and tell their own story, shoot it – and watch them. The idea is to not have one entity who creates the work, the project, andContinue reading “Garden”
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Embrace the Change
“A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrace the change, no matter what it is; once you do, you can learn about the new world you’re in and take advantage of it. ~ Nikki Giovanni More on embracing the change: “The best leaders begin with anContinue reading “Embrace the Change”
Love
“The world does not need tourists who ride by in a bus clucking their tongues. The world as it is needs those who will love it enough to change it, with what they have, where they are.” ~ Robert Fulghum More about love: “Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, IContinue reading “Love”
Make Something
“I want to create the largest-ever participatory art project and highlight the concept of Shadow Philanthropy, where people help others create work without taking credit for it – through this we can really change the world.” ~ JR More on creativity: “In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. AndContinue reading “Make Something”
What Do You Think?
“If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.” ~ Sun Tzu More on introspection: “The question of whether or not there is a God or truth or reality or whatever you like to call it, can never be answered by books, by priests, philosopher’s orContinue reading “What Do You Think?”
Question
“Cowardice asks the question, is it safe? Expediency asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? But conscience asks the question, is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because itContinue reading “Question”
Don’t Know
“When you don’t know that you don’t know, it’s a lot different than when you do know that you don’t know.” ~ Bill Parcells More on Don’t Know: “I think you can never ever lie, ever. If you don’t know, say, ‘I don’t know’.”~ Gore Verbinski “The central dilemma in journalism is that you don’tContinue reading “Don’t Know”
Reform
“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.” ~ Frederick Douglass More on reform: “Conservatives will fight hard to preserve the institutions of massContinue reading “Reform”
Support
“In South Africa, we could not have achieved our freedom and just peace without the help of people around the world, who through the use of non-violent means, such as boycotts and divestment, encouraged their governments and other corporate actors to reverse decades-long support for the Apartheid regime.” ~ Desmond Tutu More on support: “IContinue reading “Support”
Listen
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” ~ Winston Churchill More on listening: “To survive and even thrive in a changing world, nature offers another great lesson: the survivors are those who at the least adapt to change, or even betterContinue reading “Listen”
You Will Change the World 