"Differences of power are always manifested in asymmetrical access."

-- Marilyn Frye

#Differences Quotes

“Life is a charity ball given by the leaders of society. A few dance, get their charity's worth to the last penny; and the poor stand outside the gate and watch with hungry eyes the glint of jewels in the warm air. Then comes the lackey Death, and he says: "Madam and my Master, your carriage waits." So they go away into the dark in the carriage of the black plumes, and the dancing continues.”
“The patient is not likely to recover who makes the doctor his heir.”
“I-uh-have the utmost respect for Yamamoto-san. If it had not been for him, there would be no naval aviation. However-the most brilliant man can occasionally make a mistake.”

Source : "The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire". Book by David H James, p. 12, 1962.
“People always look down their noses at hookers. Never give you a chance because they think you took the easy way out, when no one would imagine the willpower it took to do what we do, walking the streets night after night, taking the hits and still getting back up.”
“To understand The signs that stars compose, we need depend Only on stars that are entirely there And the apparent space between them. There Never need be lines between them, puzzling Our sense of what is what.”

Source : John Hollander (1972). “Selected poems”, Harvill Secker
“Our federal Constitution embodies the idea of modern India: it defines not only India but also modernity.”
“The Jews have always been students, and their greatest study is themselves.”
“I'm really proud of the fact that anywhere, at any time, I can make music. A lot of people can't do that.”

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