"Why do I dance? Dance is my medicine. Itâ€™s the scream which eases for a while the terrible frustration common to all human beings who because of race, creed, or color, are â€˜invisibleâ€™. Dance is the fist with which I fight the sickening ignorance of prejudice."

-- Pearl Primus

#Ignorance Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Frustration Quotes

“Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one.”
“There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is only the comparison of one state with another. Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss. It is necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live.....the sum of all human wisdom will be contained in these two words: Wait and Hope.”

Source : "Fictional character: Edmond Dantes". "The Count of Monte Cristo", January 23, 2002.
“When you're writing, you're demented, alone, and full of doubt. It feels dangerous.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Ajihad: You are an enigma, Eragon, a quandary that no one knows how to solve.”
“I'm not good enough, technically, to be a classic musician. I lack discipline.”
“The fact that wealthy people or people from privileged backgrounds may wind up in a violent terrorist organization is not new.”
“He never chooses an opinion; he just wears whatever happens to be in style.”
“The right tools for solving disputes within our community are precision instruments such as reason, communication, empathy, curiosity, and understanding. They are also the right tools for building a global civilization of peace and prosperity.”

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