"Whenever we proclaim the uniqueness of a religion , a truth , a leader, a nation, a race, a part or a holy cause, we are also proclaiming our own uniqueness."

-- Eric Hoffer

#Race Quotes #Leader Quotes #Causes Quotes

“The identity of the Filipino today is of a person asking what is his identity.”
“Running gave me a focus to start looking after myself, to eat properly, and focus on building up my strength.”
“Customs, morals â€” is there a difference? Woman, do you realize what you are doing? Here, by the grace of God and an inside straight, we have a personality untouched by the psychotic taboos of our tribe â€” and you want to turn him into a carbon copy of every fourth-rate conformist in this frightened land! Why don't you go whole hog? Get him a brief case and make him carry it wherever he goes â€” make him feel shame if he doesn't have it.”
“Don't convince yourself you're over, don't convince yourself you're done, just because the things around you seem heavy, doesn't mean you can't get off this ground.”
“Lebanese freedom of speech : You get to say whatever you like as long as the authorities approve of it... Hilarious.”
“A peculiar fact about termite-tapeworm-fungus-moss art is that it goes always forward, eating its own boundaries, and, likely as not, leaves nothing in its path other than the signs of eager, industrious, unkempt activity.”

Source : Manny Farber (2009). “Negative Space: Manny Farber on the Movies”, p.135, Da Capo Press
“Leave your 9's at home and bring ya skillz to the battle.”
“I think one of the primary goals of a feminist landscape architecture would be to work toward a public landscape in which we can roam the streets at midnight, in which every square is available for Virginia Woolf to make up her novels”

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