"I am an invisible man. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids - and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me."

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Source : Invisible Man prologue (1952)

Ralph Ellison

#Men Quotes #People Quotes #Mind Quotes

“I don't think I'm very much like anyone else, really. I'm sure there are aspects of other actors that I share, but I don't see anybody else and go, "Damn, they stole my thing." I'm me, and I like that there are people who have an appreciation for that.”
“The difference between theism and nontheism is not whether one does or does not believe in God. . . Theism is a deep-seated conviction that there's some hand to hold: if we just do the right things, someone will appreciate us and take care of us. . . Nontheism is relaxing with the ambiguity and uncertainty of the present moment without reaching for anything to protect ourselves.”
“All I ever wanted to be president of was the American League.”
“I say what I think, and I stand behind what I say.”
“loneliness can fly a helicopter through a cut-out shape of a helicopter the same size as the helicopter and that's it's only skill and it isn't good enough but it's still amazing.”
“People in the know say The Giver was the first young adult dystopian novel.”
“enlightenment should be a human right.”
“I've always said: if we ignore the issues that people want us to talk about, then you will have movements outside of the establishment political parties grow.”

Source : Source: www.abc.net.au

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