"I was told by the general manager that a white player had received a higher raise than me. Because white people required more money to live than black people. That is why I wasn't going to get a raise."

-- Curt Flood

#Player Quotes #White Quotes #People Quotes

“What I learned is, we have to listen to each other, even when we don't agree, even when we think we hate each other. We have to listen to each others narratives. Not interrupt defensively, or with hostility, but really try to open our hearts and listen with empathy. I learned so much from that meeting. It was a very difficult thing to do and it was one of the best things that I ever did in my life. Look what scares you in the face, and try to understand it. Empathy, I have learned, is revolutionary.”
“We still get those kind of cats coming out to our shows. Once you're into it, you're into it for a lifetime.”
“Dave Sim said in his latest thing of his, 'when you're on the right track, you'll know it, but until you get there, you have to believe you're on the right track'. Interesting little conundrum. It's not easy.”
“Those who are willing to be vulnerable move among mysteries.”

Source : Theodore Roethke (2006). “Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke, 1943-63”, p.179, Copper Canyon Press
“We accept there's an emotional aspect to life. But we're not very developed in our ways of understanding it.”

Source : "Britain's intellectuals: leading thinkers have their say". www.theguardian.com. May 7, 2011.
“We`ll go through the legislative process and I`m make it clear what I support, don`t support and what I think is good for Arkansas.”

Source : Source: www.msnbc.com
“I look placid, you see, that's why people think I'm fine. Inside I worry a lot.”

Source : Maeve Binchy (2007). “Tara Road”, p.45, Dell
“The consummate leader cultivates the moral law, and strictly adheres to method and discipline; thus it is in his power to control success.”

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