"Given the way the system was, what could I do as I one person, other than devote my life to fighting to make it different? If I had allowed myself to be filled with hate, I probably wouldn't even be alive, because that hate could've killed me. That hate would've blinded me to my contributions in terms of how I could make a difference. You can't think straight when you're consumed by hate and focused on destroying someone else. Instead, I was bent on trying to destroy a system that was not fair to all of us, and I continue to do that."

-- Shirley Sherrod

#Hate Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Grace ceases to be grace if God is compelled to bestow it in the presence of human merit.”
“The CIA is absolutely out of control. The CIA has been on a killing spree... The CIA has become a death squad and to see these films [ like Zero Dark Thirty] get so much acclaim at the time when the CIA is in its rogue killing phase is very disturbing.”

Source : Source: progressive.org
“IF YOU ARE WEARING CLOTHES THAT YOU ENJOY WEARING, EVERYTHING YOU DO IN LIFE BECOMES FUN.”

Source : "Kyary Pamyu Pamyu on a mission to spread Japan’s kawaii culture". Interview with Samuel Thomas, www.japantimes.co.jp. April 30, 2013.
“Rich people invest money and poor people spend it.”
“I'm very much a leader in a lot of the work that I do or that I've done in my career.”
“I was nearly a teen-ager before I stopped assuming that everyone I met was Jewish.”

Source : "Kenneth Lonergan Discusses 'Margaret'". Interview with Richard Brody, www.newyorker.com.
“The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but rather the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity.”
“The fact that â€˜attention seekingâ€™ is still considered a slur says much about the role of women in public life, on every scale.”

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