Quotes
Authors
Dean Spade

"When we approach legal reform work, we can ask questions like: Will this provide actual relief to people facing violence or harm or will it primarily be a symbolic change? Will this divide our constituency by offering relief only to people with certain privileged statuses (such as people with lawful immigration status, people with jobs, married people, etc.)?"

Source : "On Normal Life". Interview with Natalie Oswin, societyandspace.org. January 15, 2014.

Dean Spade

#Jobs Quotes #Offering Quotes #People Quotes

“They thought that I was a man with reasonable judgment, so I was never under pressure from my parents; I could do whatever I wanted. I never had a negative word from them, nothing whatsoever.”
“I am inspired by the lives of good and faithful women. From the beginning of time, the Lord has placed significant trust in them.”
“I think Unix is a great system -- especially for running data centers -- because it is very mature, very reliable, very scalable. But when I want to go out and populate small devices, I think Java.”
“Dine we must and we may as well dine elegantly as well as wholesomely.”

Source : Isabella Beeton, Nicola Humble (2008). “Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management: Abridged Edition”, p.366, Oxford University Press
“The disadvantage of becoming wise is that you realize how foolish you've been.”
“We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.”

Source : FaceBook post by Willie Nelson from Feb 13, 2014
“Continual improvement involves an appreciation that there is always a better way to do things irrespective of how much you have achieved or how comfortable you might be with where you currently are in life. As a young international rugby player I learnt a valuable lesson about sacrifice. The bottom line was the phrase 'long after the price is forgotten the quality remains'. Undertaking JOLT Challenge involves sacrifice but it is well worth it as you explore creative and innovative ways of challenging yourself for constant improvement in many areas of life.”
“I have also seen [Adolf] Hitler upset when they had been having words. He was not immune from being bothered or upset by their relationship.”

You may also like: