"There was no real gender definition in the sense of how you treat people in those days with gender differences. You avoided them. My parents always told me that you do not make fun of anybody, and so I didn't see anything funny about it."

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Source : Source: www.aaa.si.edu

David C. Driskell

#Fun Quotes #Real Quotes #Differences Quotes

“Am I a pessimist? Not at all. I am convinced that the history of the human race, no matter how tragic, will ultimately lead to the Kingdom of God. I am convinced that all the works of humankind will be reintegrated in the work of God, and that each of us, no matter how sinful, will ultimately be saved.”
“Man is the hardest animal to kill. If he gets away he will come back to kill you.”
“Turning every business into an environmental industry will involve applying new principles...first, we need to make more with less...second, we need to design out waste...third, we must begin to decarbonise our energy supply”
“Fear is the tool of a man-made devil”
“Anger may glance into the breast of a wise man, but rests only in the bosom of fools.”
“...Why is compassion not part of our established curriculum, an inherent part of our education? Compassion, awe, wonder, curiosity, exaltation, humility - these are the very foundation of any real civilisation, no longer the prerogatives, the preserves of any one church, but belonging to everyone, every child in every school.”

Source : "Just for Animals" quoted in "Souls Like Ourselves" by Andrea Wiebers and David Wiebers, Rochester, MN: Sojourn Press, (p. 16), 2000.
“We are all freaks. Yes! Alone in our rooms at night, we are all weirdoes and outcasts and losers. That is what being a teenager is all about! Whether you admit it or not, you are all worried that the others wonâ€™t accept you, that if they knew the real you, they would recoil in horror. Each of us carries with us a secret shame that we think is somehow uniqueâ€¦And if we are, each of us, freaks â€“ then canâ€™t we accept whatâ€™s different in each other and move on?”
“We made a deal that was acceptable to us. We got paid very handsomely for our final season.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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