"Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity."

-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#Opportunity Quotes #Absence Quotes #Wells Quotes

“There is separation of colored people from white people in the United States. That separation is not a disease of colored people. It is a disease of white people. And, I do not intend to be quiet about it.”
“HIV does not make people dangerous to know, so you can shake their hands and give them a hug: Heaven knows they need it.”
“I have tons of regrets, but I think that's one of the reasons that push people to create things. Out of their angst, their regret, comes the best from artists, painters and writers.”
“Only the powerless live in a money culture and know nothing about money.”

Source : Phyllis Chesler, Emily Jane Goodman (1976). “Women, money & power”, William Morrow & Co
“The hijab, or sikh turban, or Jewish skullcap are all explicit symbols, but they do not represent a threat or affront to others, and have no bearing on the competence, skills and intelligence of a person.”
“A joke's a very serious thing.”

Source : 'The Ghost' (1763) bk. 4, l. 1386
“The pen is an instrument of discovery rather than just a recording implement. If you write a letter of resignation or something with an agenda, you're simply using a pen to record what you have thought out.”
“I had to endure the worst time of all in terms of racial discrimination in Hollywood when I first started out. It was inconcievable to American directors and producers that a Mexican woman could have a lead role.”

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