"In our efforts to get human beings empirically into focus in ethics, we have a standing obligation not only to revisit and, if necessary, rework our conception of human importance, but also to ensure that our best conception is indeed the lens through which we look at our fellow human beings."

-- Alice Crary

#Effort Quotes #Focus Quotes #Lenses Quotes

“Social media are a catalyst for the advancement of everyone's rights. It's where we're reminded that we're all human and all equal. It's where people can find and fight for a cause, global or local, popular or specialized, even when there are hundreds of miles between them.”
“I'd dressed up and hoped and I was so tired of doing that, so tired of dreaming and being unable to stop it despite the fact that I'd seen, maybe better than anyone here, what dreams could do to you.”
“When there's more sick ones than well ones, by golly the sick ones will lock the well ones up.”

Source : Mary Jane Ward (1983). “The snake pit”
“You can do amazing things if you have strong faith, deep desire, and just hang in there.”
“The only reason people are saying I'm the number-one player is because I'm with the number-one team.”

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“It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.”
“I think it's important to encourage gluttony in all its formats.”
“Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.”

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