"Be the change you wish to see in the world." - Ghandi
So turns out he didn't even say that. Close, but not quite. I thought this article was really interesting. I read a lot of a news, and almost never post articles that I like on the blog. I usually just share what I find worth sharing via Facebook. But this, my friends, is good: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/30/opinion/falser-words-were-never-spoken.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha212
I'm not sure it really matters, because who really cares. I mean, the quotes are inspiring and makes people feel good. Well, I guess it could be a problem if the people we are quoting are still alive and we go around making bumper stickers of these quotes with names attached....legal issue maybe? I don't know. I don't care. It's just interesting to me is all. And I guess maybe it's because I see these lines quoted ALL THE TIME. Makes me chuckle that these people (including myself at times, I'm sure) have no idea that they are guilty of sort of twisting other peoples' words to fit their own ideological feel-good happy world. Who knew?
I'm such a cynic. Forgive me.
So turns out he didn't even say that. Close, but not quite. I thought this article was really interesting. I read a lot of a news, and almost never post articles that I like on the blog. I usually just share what I find worth sharing via Facebook. But this, my friends, is good: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/30/opinion/falser-words-were-never-spoken.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha212
I'm not sure it really matters, because who really cares. I mean, the quotes are inspiring and makes people feel good. Well, I guess it could be a problem if the people we are quoting are still alive and we go around making bumper stickers of these quotes with names attached....legal issue maybe? I don't know. I don't care. It's just interesting to me is all. And I guess maybe it's because I see these lines quoted ALL THE TIME. Makes me chuckle that these people (including myself at times, I'm sure) have no idea that they are guilty of sort of twisting other peoples' words to fit their own ideological feel-good happy world. Who knew?
I'm such a cynic. Forgive me.
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