"Women of color, particularly Black girls from economically challenged strati, we are told from the minute you start showing signs of being able to be impregnated: Don't get pregnant. You can't have sex because you might get pregnant. You can't wear short shorts because you might get pregnant. Don't talk to boys because you might get pregnant."

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“It is clear that friendship is by and large crucial to human life. And I believe, in contrast with most of the philosophical tradition deriving from Aristotle, that it is not limited to a very few perfect individuals.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“Truth is a rough, honest, helter-skelter terrier that none like to see brought into their drawing rooms.”

Source : Ouida (1875). “Chandos: A Novel”, p.106
“A religion is a system of symbols which acts to establish powerful, pervasive, and long-lasting moods in men by formulating conceptions of a general order of existence and clothing those conceptions with such an aura of factuality that the moods and motivations seem uniquely realistic.”

Source : Clifford Geertz (2017). “The Interpretation of Cultures”, p.98, Hachette UK
“From the stage I've seen people of all ages absolutely roaring at really good toilet humour.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I've never had to talk about my work, nobody's given a damn about it - you know, what I thought. I find that I sort of like that, to get to keep it to myself. It's a bit bizarre.”

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“America has to stand up and decide if we want to be a socialist nation or if we're going to be a free nation.”

Source : "Broun not sure if Obama is citizen" by Andy Barr, www.politico.com. March 5, 2010.
“A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrace the change, no matter what it is; once you do, you can learn about the new world you're in and take advantage of it.”
“The truth is the President of the United States used the same device that Slobodan Milosevic used in Serbia. When you appeal to homophobia, when you appeal to sexism, when you appeal to racism, that is extraordinarily damaging to the country.”

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