"Bigotrys birthplace is the sinister back room of the mind where plots and schemes are hatched for the persecution and oppression of other human beings."

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Source : Bayard Rustin (1971). “Down the line”, Quadrangle-New York Times Book Co.

Bayard Rustin

#Mind Quotes #Plot Quotes #Rooms Quotes

“It doesn't set off any alarm bells. As is typical with T. Rowe, no transition comes about abruptly; they tend to be planned pretty well.”
“I also think it was important for me and Freddie to be able to have a lot of time to share our lives at the beginning of our marriage rather than my coming home at 9 or 10 at night from the set. Things have really worked out for the best for both of us.”
“What is said is not as important as what [you] hear and what [you] feel.”
“Lots of companies donâ€™t succeed over time. What do they fundamentally do wrong? They usually miss the future. I try to focus on that: What is the future really going to be? And how do we create it? And how do we power our organization to really focus on that and really drive it at a high rate? When I was working on Android, I felt guilty. It wasnâ€™t what we were working on, it was a start-up, and I felt guilty. That was stupid! It was the future.”
“Love should be a vehicle allowed to travel without limitations.”
“I write my own songs, and I only see their flaws.”
“Mothers tend to encourage their sons to run away and romp.... Mothers of little boys often complain that "There's no controlling him." "He's all over the place...." The complaints are tinged with more than a little pride at the boy's marvelous independence and masculine bravado. It's almost as though the mother enjoyed being overwhelmed by her spectacular conquering hero.”
“I hate and detest Sicily in so far as I love it, and in so far as it does not respond to the kind of love I would like to have for it.”

Source : Leonardo Sciascia, Marcelle Padovani, James Marcus (1994). “Sicily as metaphor”, Marlboro Pr

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