"Racism is not about hurtful words, bruised feelings, political correctness, or refusing to call short people 'vertically challenged.' Racism is about the power to treat entire groups of people as something less than humanâ€”for the benefit of that power. Thatâ€™s why a Native American sports mascot is far from harmless."

-- Dave Zirin

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“It was very difficult to go farther than that in the arguments with my father because he would always have a story or a justification to tell you, which I never considered valid because there is not an excuse for violence.”

Source : Source: harvardpolitics.com
“Am I a good example? Well, at least I'm not too thin. I eat.”
“Follow your dreams, because your dreams won't follow you...”

Source : FaceBook post by Michael Flatley from May 03, 2013
“I sing with all my heart and when I see the audience feel it too, I feel so touched I get goosebumpsâ€¦To my fans, I would like to say, 'I will work harder', rather than to say, 'I love you' because I believe that sincerity has its way of getting across to touch hearts.”
“There are different types of art, and you just have to follow where things take you. It helps me with my desire to perform live. That's something that a lot of actors and actresses don't get to experience on a regular basis.”
“God's commandments not only reflect His holiness, they promote our happiness.”
“I decide that sometimes definitions are wrong. Even if they're written in a dictionary. Identities aren't always separate and distinct. Sometimes they ARE wrapped up with others. Sometimes, for a few minutes, maybe they can even be shared. And if I am ever fortunate enough to return to Mr. Bender's garden, I wonder if the birds will see that piece of him that is wrapped up in me.”
“But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state?”

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