Inspired Quotes - Page 9

• These are the values inspiring those brave workers in Poland. The values that have inspired other dissidents under communist domination. They remind us that where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost.

  Ronald Reagan

  Brave, Unions, Communist

  Labor Day Address at Liberty State Park, delivered 1 September 1980, Jersey City, New Jersey

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• The beauty and charm of selfless love and service should not die away from the face of this earth. The world should know that a life of dedication is possible, that a life inspired by love and service to humanity is possible.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Dedication, Humanity, Selfless

  Amma, Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (2014). “Awaken Children Vol. 5”, p.124, M A Center

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• The grey is certainly inspired by the photo-paintings, and, of course, it's related to the fact that I think grey is an important colour - the ideal colour for indifference, fence-sitting, keeping quiet, despair. In other words, for states of being and situations that affect one, and for which one would like to find a visual expression.

  Gerhard Richter

  Art, Thinking, Expression

  Gerhard Richter, Dietmar Elger, Hans-Ulrich Obrist (2009). “Gerhard Richter: writings 1961-2007”, Distributed Art Pub Inc

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• Every young person is going to be inspired to be a maker from now on. It's like how everyone used to want to be a musician, an actor, an athlete -- but a maker is what people are going to want to be.

  will.i.am

  Athlete, People, Musician

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• Be aware of the big difference between inspired action and activity. Activity comes from the brain-mind and is rooted in disbelief and lack of faith - you are taking action to “make” your desire happen. Inspired action is allowing the law to work through you and to move you.
  
  Activity feels hard. Inspired action feels wonderful.

  Rhonda Byrne

  Moving, Law, Differences

  Rhonda Byrne (2013). “The Secret Daily Teachings”, p.141, Simon and Schuster

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• My imagination has always been inspired by nature’s vision

  Gregory Colbert

  Imagination, Vision, My Imagination

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• The Framers were no more interested in binding future Americans to a set of divinely inspired commandments than any of us would wish to be bound by them.

  Dahlia Lithwick

  Wish, Framers, Binding

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• The idea that human-transforming technology that mingles the dna of natural and synthetic beings and merges man with machines could somehow be used or even inspired by evil supernaturalism to foment destruction within the material world is for some people so exotic as to be inconceivable. Yet nothing should be more fundamentally clear, as students of

  Thomas Horn

  Technology, Men, Ideas

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• I consider it a great honour that my movie Drive inspired so many wonderful artists to come together and create one ultra-cool glam experience.

  Nicolas Winding Refn

  Artist, Together, Wonderful

  "Zane Lowe curates new Drive soundtrack with Chvrches, Bastille, more" by Harry Fletcher, www.digitalspy.com. October 20, 2014.

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• Art, a book, a painting, a song, can definitely inspire change, whether it's a small change or a big change but you know there's novels I've read or a scene in a film that I've seen where I definitely inspired something and made a change or addressed an issue in my life or done something cliche like make a phone call.

  Rose Byrne

  Song, Art, Book

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Copying isn’t particularly creative work. Being inspired by someone else’s idea to produce something new and different IS creative work.

  Shia LaBeouf

  Ideas, Creative, Copying

  Twitter post from Dec 17, 2013

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• I love Elizabeth Taylor. I'm inspired by her bravery. She has been through so much and she is a survivor. That lady has been through a lot and she's walked out of it on two feet. I identify with her very strongly because of our experiences as child stars. When we first started talking on the phone, she told me she felt as if she had known me for years. I felt the same way.

  Michael Jackson

  Stars, Children, Two

  "Moonwalk". Book by Michael Jackson, 1988.

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• I really do think of them as post-minimalist sculptures, inspired in large part by some very early spacecraft that NASA built.

  Trevor Paglen

  Thinking, Sculpture, Nasa

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• Every Thanksgiving, Barack sits down to call some of our troops and thank them for their service. When he tells me about these conversations, it always reminds me of how blessed we are to live in a country where men and women will stand up to protect our freedoms and preserve our way of life. And whenever I've had the chance to meet with these heroes and their families, I've always walked away inspired by their courage and in awe of their strength.

  Michelle Obama

  Country, Hero, Blessed

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• When the white race broke out of Europe 500 years ago, it did many astounding things all over the globe. Inspired by a raging sky-god, the whites were able to pretend that their conquests were in order to bring the One God to everyone, particularly those with older and subtler religions.

  Gore Vidal

  Race, Order, Years

  Gore Vidal (1992). “The Decline and Fall of the American Empire”

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• There is no zeal blinder than that which is inspired
  with a love of justice against offenders.

  Henry Fielding

  Justice, Zeal, Offenders

  Henry Fielding (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Fielding (Illustrated)”, p.692, Delphi Classics

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• I had composed songs, I sang, and played the vina. Practising this music I arrived at a stage where I touched the music of the spheres. Then every soul became a musical note, and all life became music. Inspired by it I spoke to the people, and those who were attracted by my words listened to them instead of listening to my songs.

  Hazrat Inayat Khan

  Music, Song, People

  Hazrat Inayat Khan (1996). “The Mysticism of Sound and Music”, p.15, Shambhala Publications

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• Jet was very busy. I've been inspired by a lot of his movies.

  Jason Statham

  Movie, Busy, Jet

  Interview with Dan Epstein, suicidegirls.com. February 15, 2003.

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• What inspired me to become an author? I think it was the snow in New York. I looked out the window and I said, 'Well, I have to get dressed every morning to go to teach, but if I write a book, I can stay home in my bathrobe, eat candy corn.'

  Patricia Reilly Giff

  Morning, New York, Book

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• I invite you to read again the full accounts of this inspired vision. Study them, ponder them, and apply them to your daily life. In modern terms we might say we are invited to "get a grip." We must hold on tight to the iron rod and never let go.

  Ann M. Dibb

  Letting Go, Iron, Vision

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• Today too, the most important issue in the world is Palestine. If a war breaks out in Iraq, we believe it is due to the provocation of the Zionists. If it happens in Afghanistan, it is because of their provocation. If Sudan is oppressed, it is due to Zionist seduction. We consider all the arrogant, colonialist schemes to be inspired by the Zionists.

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

  War, Believe, Iraq

  "Iranian President Ahmadinejad Denies the Holocaust and Warns Europeans of the Zionists: They Cling Like Ticks". www.memri.org. September 18, 2009.

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• I am inspired beyond my ability to articulate... and now I know what and who I want to be... a soldier for peace.

  Will Smith

  Israel, Soldier, Want

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• Link is a quiet man to meet- easy and courteous. His music, though, betrays that deep inside he gets very very mean very often. I remember being made very uneasy the first time I heard Rumble , and yet very excited by the guitar sound. And his voice! He sounds like a cross between Jagger and Van Morrison, even sometimes like Robbie Robertson. We met him in New York in 1970 while recording Who's Next.... this later inspired the b-side Wasp Man, a tune we dedicated to Link Wray.

  Pete Townshend

  New York, Mean, Men

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• People tell us they have been inspired by our music to do great things.

  James Young

  Music, People, Great Things

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• I'm inspired by nature. Other artist's work is important for developing my perception.

  Mike Thompson

  Nature, Artist, Perception

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