"Climate change is a moral challenge, not simply an economic or technological problem. It is linked to social justice, because it is the poor citizens of the world who will suffer the most from our excesses."

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Source : Interview with Simmons B. Buntin, www.terrain.org. September 22, 2010.

Alison Hawthorne Deming

#Justice Quotes #Challenges Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“I know how it goes. Six or seven months ago I was the manager of the year and I was going to be this and that, tactically this and tactically that, and now, because we have lost two world-class players, I am useless. But I accept that.”
“German? I don't know what that means ... we don't say that in America”
“Privilege exists when one group has something of value that is denied to others simply because of the groups they belong to, rather than because of anything theyâ€™ve done or failed to do. Access to privilege doesnâ€™t determine oneâ€™s outcomes, but it is definitely an asset that makes it more likely that whatever talent, ability, and aspirations a person with privilege has will result in something positive for them.”

Source : "Examining My Own Privilege as a Gay-White-Cis Male" by Tyler Oakley, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 7, 2014.
“What makes the temptation of power so seemingly irresistible? Maybe it is that power offers an easy substitute for the hard task of love. It seems easier to be God than to love God, easier to control people than to love people, easier to own life than to love life.”
“I'm open to any kind of situation in a song as long as it touches my heart.”
“We have a natural constant craving for leadership. Democracy is always a fragile and imperfect achievement. Yet a distinct feeling of malaise in our political culture lingers. There is something missing from our public debates.”
“All human beings go through a previous life... Who knows how many fleshly forms the heir of heaven occupies before he can be brought to understand the value of that silence and solitude of spiritual worlds?”
“I don't see Dior as something that could become mine. I see it as a dialogue with the women who wear it. I want to stay connected to them rather than to an abstract brand.”

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