"You know what offends me? Offended people. In a country with guaranteed rights to freedom of religion, its citizens are constantly trying to make faith in public spheres illegal, I am offended by that contradiction and want to talk about it as a comic."

-- Brad Stine

#Country Quotes #Rights Quotes #People Quotes

“The rights of one sex, political and otherwise, are the same as those of the other sex, and this equality of rights ought to be fully recognized.”
“When you are here, you are here. When you are gone, you are gone. It isn't a problem to be gone, so long as you are really here when you're here.”
“There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them.”

Source : "Laura Poitras Talks CITIZENFOUR, Her First Impression of Edward Snowden, Her Commitment to Fearless Adversarial Journalism and More". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. October 26, 2014.
“You meet people in Hollywood that are famous, and you're not sure what they got famous for.”
“In the rich world, the environmental situation has improved dramatically. In the United States, the most important environmental indicator, particulate air pollution, has been cut by more than half since 1955, rivers and coastal waters have dramatically improved, and forests are increasing.”
“Young playmates of the rose and daffodil, Be careful ere ye enter in, to fill Your baskets high With fennel green, and balm, and golden pines Savory latter-mint, and columbines.”
“You can't look back - you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future.”

Source : Jodi Picoult (2001). “Salem Falls”, p.299, Simon and Schuster
“You have the right to not have to constantly manage how you look for other people's sake. You aren't here to decorate the world for other people. You're here to live in it for yourself, no matter what that looks like.”

Source : Hanne Blank (2012). “The Unapologetic Fat Girl's Guide to Exercise and Other Incendiary Acts”, p.63, Ten Speed Press

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