"We need to get past the point where being black and a male means that I am likely to mug you for your wallet, likely to have a minus 15 on my IQ, likely to not go to college and likely to wear my pants below my arse."

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Source : "Big Think Interview With John Amaechi". Interview with Max Miller, bigthink.com. October 7, 2010.

John Amaechi

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“It is impossible for us to understand the Church if we regard her as subject to the limitations of human culture. For she is essentially a supernatural organism which transcends human cultures and transforms them to her own ends.”

Source : Christopher Dawson, Gerald J. Russello (1998). “Christianity and European Culture (Selections from the Work of Christopher Dawson)”, p.101, CUA Press
“If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks.”
“Canadians should realise when they are well off under the Monarchy. For the vast majority of Canadians, being a Monarchy is probably the only form of government acceptable to them. I have always been for parliamentary democracy and I think the institution of Monarchy with the Queen heading it all has served Canada well.”
“Only by becoming poor ourselves, by stripping away our complacency, will we be able to identify with the least of our brothers and sisters.”
“There's some real dark days where you just feel like the story is falling apart in every one. Just keep moving forward, even when you are bluffing, even when you don't quite know what is going to happen next.”
“Oh, blindness to the future! kindly giv'n, That each may fill the circle mark'd by heaven.”
“To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.”

Source : John Henry Newman (1845). “An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine”, p.39, CreateSpace
“Your body is sacred. Youâ€™re far more precious than diamonds and pearls, and you should be covered too.”

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