"Violence against women is perhaps the most shameful human rights violation, and it is perhaps the most pervasive. It knows no boundaries of geography, culture or wealth. As long as it continues, we cannot claim to be making real progress towards equality, development and peace"

-- Kofi Annan

#Real Quotes #Rights Quotes #Long Quotes

“It was irritating to have one's physical shortcomings pointed out quite so plainly twice in one evening, once by a beautiful girl and once by a dying badger.”

Source : "Expecting Someone Taller". Book by Tom Holt, 1987.
“It seems to me that God is a convenient invention of the human mind”
“I'm a big believer in human nature.”
“I have gone to the forest.”
“I'm ready to meet a nice man!”
“I am not who I would like to be, It's just who I am right now.”

Source : "Song: 'Fragile' ('Carwreck Conversations')". 2004.
“Look, nobody is ever exactly the same as anybody else. You're handed the cards you are for a particular reason, so you follow that path and see where it takes you.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“As the Constitution endures, persons in every generation can invoke its principles in their own search for greater freedom.”

Source : Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558, caselaw.findlaw.com. June 26, 2003.

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