"The next time you see a Muslim or Sikh at the airport, don't judge us - sympathize with us. Understand our humiliation every time we're pulled to the side for additional screenings simply because of who we are."

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Source : Source: www.nydailynews.com

Debbie Almontaser

#Airports Quotes #Judging Quotes #Who We Are Quotes

“Do not look for signs. Do not look for experiences. Do not be so complicated. Become like a child. See everything with awe.”
“My aim is to make the viewer become aware of his or her responsibility in what he or she is looking at.”
“There are petty-minded people who cannot endure to be reminded of their ignorance because, since they are usually quite blind to all things, quite foolish, and quite ignorant, they never question anything, and are persuaded that they see clearly what in fact they never see at all, save through the darkness of their own dispositions.”
“Lust, that state commonly known as 'being in love,' is a kind of madness. It is a distortion of reality so remarkable that it should, by rights, enable most of us to understand the other forms of lunacy with the sympathy of fellow-sufferers. But, paradoxically, mad and suffering as one is, and the heat of the flame, few of us are glad as we feel that passion slip away No, while most people have been at their unhappiest when in love, it is nevertheless the state the human being yearns for above all.”
“Plenty of clever children have to pretend to be not clever or else they get bullied by the thick.”
“Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.”
“The key to hitting for high average is to relax, concentrate, and don't hit the fly ball to center field.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“On a serious note, I stand by Obama on marriage equality! I believe ALL families deserve the same rights”

Source : Twitter post from May 09, 2012

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