"I think the only choice that will enable us to hold to our vision. . . is one that abandons the concept of naming enemies and adopts a concept familiar to the nonviolent tradition: naming behavior that is oppressive."

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Source : Barbara Deming (1984). “We Are All Part of One Another: A Barbara Deming Reader”

Barbara Deming

#Thinking Quotes #Choices Quotes #Enemy Quotes

“Print encourages a sense of closure, a sense that what is found in a text has been finalized, has reached a state of completion.”

Source : Walter J. Ong (2013). “Orality and Literacy”, p.129, Routledge
“When you see the storm coming, if you seek safety in that firm refuge which is Mary, there will be no danger of your wavering or going down.”
“Word of mouth is the most effective means of communication.”
“Without intermediate artists, music is what "American Idol" decides is great or made by the very poor, because Sharon Osbourne's made everything free. No, we have to support our local artists. It's just that simple. Otherwise, we will have no art.”
“Although we have do not have adequate access to all parts of Darfur we do fortunately have humanitarian personnel, including staff from my own office, in each of the three provincial capitals of Darfur.”
“Vivacity is the health of the spirit.”
“Actors need steely determination. It's a tough profession with plenty of knocks along the way. You have to be very determined and never take 'no' for an answer.”
“For many women, the experience of prostitution stems from the historical trauma of colonization.”

Source : "Prostitution in Vancouver: Violence and the Colonization of First Nations Women". Transcultural Psychiatry 42, article co-written with J. Lynne and A. Cotton, 2005.

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