Barbara Marx Hubbard Quotes
We are moving from unconscious evolution through natural selection to conscious evolution by choice.
Quotes to Explore
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People turn into fools when they see a movie star and do weird things.
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War is the greatest failure of mankind.
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For the first time I'm free to be myself.
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A plan is always successful if the plan is good.
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A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet.
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I love to rock 'n roll. But my finest suit, of all the things I do, is as a songwriter.
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There seems little doubt in my mind that depression, in particular at the severe end of the experience of this condition, is as real a disorder as diabetes is at the severe end of blood glucose levels.
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I don't want to be on anyone's board. I just want to have good investments.
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Nearly all the great improvements, discoveries, inventions, and achievements which have elevated and blessed humanity have been the triumphs of enthusiasm.
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We should perceive that man's period of historical existence, a period so short that his physical constitution has not been altered in the slightest degree, is insufficient to allow of any considerable mental change.
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There is no Democratic or Republican way of cleaning the streets.
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I am reminded of the old court jester who was supposed to entertain his king with interesting stories and antics. He looked at the king who was lolling on his throne, a drunken, filthy rascal, doffed his cap and bells, and said with a mock gesture of obeisance, “O king, be loyal to the royal within you.” And so I say to you young people today, remember your heritage, and be loyal to that royal lineage that you have as members of the church and kingdom of God on the earth.
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This morning was as hard batting as we've had to do in a test match for a long time.
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In New York, people are unhappy on purpose, because unhappiness makes them seem more complex; in Washington DC it just sort of works out that way.
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We need to regularly stop and take stock; to sit down and determine within ourselves which things are worth valuing and which things are not; which risks are worth the cost and which are not. Even the most confusing or hurtful aspects of life can be made more tolerable by clear seeing and by choice.
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250,000 species of plants and animals recorded and deposited in museums throughout the world did not support the gradual unfolding hoped for by Darwin.
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Evolutionary circles are one of the key social forms in which people are connecting and can connect to make a difference throughout the world.
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Boys, be ambitious. Be ambitious not for money, not for selfish aggrandizement, not for the evanescent thing which men call fame. Be ambitious for the attainment of all that a man can be.
