Quotes
Authors
Joan Wallach Scott

"I think what is being pointed out by African-Americans is that from slavery forward they have been living in a supposed democracy which treats them as less than other citizens, less than whites in the society. And I think that pointing out that there are structures of discrimination in the society, deeply rooted racist structures, that segregate housing, that send black children to ill-equipped schools, that discriminate in the workplace - these are truths about our society that must be faced."

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Joan Wallach Scott

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“I had been asking the universe and God to send me a way for me to help me. Show business has been so wonderful to me, and it came in the form of that. Its just so funny how things come into your life, and if you take a chance on them, it might give you a brand new life.”
“Like a saint's vision of beatitude. Like the veil of things as they seem drawn back by an unseen hand. For a second you seeâ€”and seeing the secret, are the secret. For a second there is meaning! Then the hand lets the veil fall and you are alone, lost in the fog again, and you stumble on toward nowhere, for no good reason!”
“Never try to get into society, so-called. Those who try seldom get in, and if they do edge through the portals they always feel clammy and unworthy when under the scrutiny of the elect. Sit outside and appear indifferent, and after a while they may sent for you. If not, it will be money in your pocket.”

Source : George Ade (1904). “True Bills”
“Whichever theory we adopt to give a rational explanation of human existence, that theory must take into account and explain the mental nature we see at work in all modern communities.”

Source : Sir Arthur Keith (1947). “Evolution and Ethics”
“As long as you are good you will be great. But, if you cease to be good you will cease to be great.”
“If we knew what people had been through, their sorrow and suffering, we would not be so quick to judge.”
“The problem of far greater importance remains to be solved. Rather than build a world in which we shall all live well, we must stop building one in which it will be impossible to live at all.”
“More isnt always better, Linus. Sometimes its just more.”

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