George Jackson Quotes

Revolutionary change means the seizure of all that is held by the 1 percent, and the transference of these holdings into the hands of the remaining 99 percent. If the 1 percent are simply replaced by another 1 percent, revolutionary change has not taken place.

George Jackson

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• Through every victory and every setback, I've insisted that change is never easy and never quick; that we wouldn't meet all of our challenges in one term, or one presidency, or even in one lifetime.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Change
  • Challenges
  • Victory

• There was a side of me that knew I was gonna change the game, but I didn't know how many people would respect it.

  

  Nas
  • People
  • Game
  • Change

• We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.

  

  Edmund Burke
  • Great
  • Nature
  • Law

• After marriage, most women keep aside their aspirations and dreams as their priorities change.

  

  Manju Warrier
  • Women
  • Change
  • Marriage

• I do a lot of inspirational talks for kids, to motivate them to change their lives and give them hope.

  

  Adam Beach
  • Kids
  • Hope
  • Change

• I'm always about, 'What is the most productive version of what I'm putting into the world?' Something that can be engaged by all folks. I don't have to change everyone.

  

  Barry Jenkins
  • World
  • Change
  • Most

• I have been fighting climate change for two decades, and people often ask me how I remain hopeful in the face of extreme weather and grim forecasts. The answer is simple: I see countless solutions spreading across the nation and across the world. But we need more investment.

  

  Frances Beinecke
  • People
  • World
  • Change

• I have worked steadily since I started, but things are very hard for women and need to change.

  

  Patricia Riggen
  • Women
  • Change
  • Need

• The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.

  

  Fabrizio Moreira
  • Work
  • American
  • High

• You have to see if the batsman is coming out, if he is staying back, what his grip is like, to gauge his intentions. A common trend I have observed is, a lot of batsmen change their grips when they are looking to hit: normally they either go high or slide their hand to the bottom of the handle to get maximum power.

  

  Harbhajan Singh
  • Power
  • High
  • Change

• There is resistance to change. There's a resistance to ideas.

  

  Abdullah II of Jordan
  • Change
  • Ideas
  • Resistance

• A person needs at intervals to separate himself from family and companions and go to new places. He must go without his familiars in order to be open to influences, to change.

  

  Katharine Butler Hathaway
  • Family
  • Change
  • Places

• For a movie, you have to make sure the lyrics are consistent with the rhythm that is given to you. But, at times, during the song's recording, you find out that your words are not appropriate for the track, and so you have to change them.

  

  Kapil Sibal
  • Movie
  • Song
  • Words

• I like to come into my workspace and feel it's a living environment and not frozen, which is why I often change or add to the pictures on the wall.

  

  Sadie Jones
  • Why
  • Change
  • Environment

• I got into journalism not to be a journalist but to try to change American foreign policy. I'm a corny person. I was a dreamer predating my journalistic life, so I got into journalism as a means to try to change the world.

  

  Samantha Power
  • Life
  • World
  • American

• Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.

  

  D. H. Lawrence
  • Change
  • Justice
  • Ethics

• Both of my parents had a change of career. My mum was a nurse, and now she's a college lecturer.

  

  Laura Fraser
  • She
  • Career
  • Parents

• You set paths for yourself, but as you get older, things change.

  

  Ian McShane
  • Change
  • Yourself
  • Paths

• We should be proud that our Prophet came into the world with the message of Islam to change it for the better, and not for the worse, or to keep things as they are.

  

  Abu Bakar Bashir
  • World
  • Change
  • Proud

• Criticism can be wonderful, especially in making connections in an interpretive way. But by applying theories randomly, it's an interesting exercise, but I don't think it illuminates the literature.

  

  T. C. Boyle
  • Interesting
  • Literature
  • Exercise

• Writing a tribe is fun. They have their own language, their own slang; they repeat it, and it becomes part of the texture of the play. For a writer, that's thrilling. That's when my pen flies.

  

  Laura Wade
  • Writing
  • Fun
  • Language

• People want development. Not everyone knows what it means. Same as jobs. Not everyone knows what a job is, but people want jobs.

  

  Adam Giles
  • People
  • Job
  • Development

• At an age when most youngsters are preparing for their GCSEs, I was suddenly a jet-setter, briefly the toast of Hollywood and London's West End. My immature wishes and naive opinions were treated with respect.

  

  Jack Wild
  • Age
  • Respect
  • End

• Revolutionary change means the seizure of all that is held by the 1 percent, and the transference of these holdings into the hands of the remaining 99 percent. If the 1 percent are simply replaced by another 1 percent, revolutionary change has not taken place.

  

  George Jackson
  • Change
  • Replaced
  • Transference