"Black children, white children, Latino children. America is becoming more diverse, it's becoming more tolerant as a consequence there's more interactions between groups. There are going be tensions that arise."

-- Barack Obama

#Children Quotes #White Quotes #America Quotes

“My father's a musician and my mother's a singer. My dad's originally from Brooklyn and he was a Latin percussionist so I've always had instruments around the house. He used to have a show like a 1950s rock and roll show with Little Richard music. They would do doo-wop songs and stuff like that.”
“The school made it very clear that women were entitled to positions of authority. That sense of entitlement allowed us to feel that we have a natural place in leadership in the world. That gave me a mental and emotional confidence.”
“I'm dense when it comes to discouragement.”
“The causes which destroyed the ancient republics were numerous; but in Rome, one principal cause was the vast inequality of fortunes.”
“Since in order to speak, one must first listen, learn to speak by listening.”
“Things are rarely just crazy enough to work, but they're frequently just crazy enough to fail hilariously.”
“To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make.”

Source : Truman Capote, M. Thomas Inge (1987). “Truman Capote: Conversations”, p.88, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“In general, everyone wants to work and work more. But in fact, when a young generation has sufficient capability then we should create conditions for them to work.”

Source : "Vietnam picks new leader". www.cnn.com. April 19, 2001.

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