May each of you live lives of immersion. They won't necessarily be easy lives. But in the end, it is all that will sustain us.
Jacqueline NovogratzRead
When people gain income, they gain choice, and that is fundamental to dignity.
Interpretation
Income provides individuals with the ability to make choices, which is essential for maintaining their dignity.
This quote by Jacqueline Novogratz emphasizes the intrinsic connection between financial resources and personal autonomy. When individuals have access to income, they are empowered to make decisions that affect their lives, contributing to their sense of dignity and worth. The ability to choose is presented as a crucial element of a fulfilling life, highlighting the social and moral implications of economic opportunities.
In practice
In a speech about economic development, one might cite this quote to emphasize the importance of financial independence.
May each of you live lives of immersion. They won't necessarily be easy lives. But in the end, it is all that will sustain us.
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Each of us can work to change a small portion of events. And it's in the total of all those acts that the history of this generation will be written.
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It's important to debunk the myths of Africa being this benighted continent civilized only when white people arrived. In fact, Africans had been creators of culture for thousands of years before. These were very intelligent, subtle and sophisticated people, with organized societies and great art.
Whatever is not forbidden is permitted.
It is idle to say that nations can struggle to outdo each other in building armaments and never use them. History demonstrates the contrary, and we have but to go back to the last war to see the appalling effect of nations competing in great armaments.
Nothing is more natural than grief, no emotion more common to our daily experience. It's an innate response to loss in a world where everything is impermanent.
It seems to me that television is exactly like a gun. Your enjoyment of it is determined by which end of it you're on.
This sorrow weighs upon the melancholy souls of those who lived without infamy or praise.
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