"We need to start talking about inequality again; we need to start talking about the inequities and unfairnesses and the injustices of an excessively divided society, divided by wealth, by opportunity, by outcome, by assets and so forth."

-- Tony Judt

#Opportunity Quotes #Talking Quotes #Outcomes Quotes

“Michael and Alex, I love you. And we're going to have the biggest celebration when you get home.”
“Snoopy didn't start off being a Beagle. It's just that 'beagle' is a funny word.”
“Up then, fair phoenix bride, frustrate the sun; Thyself from thine affection Takest warmth enough, and from thine eye All lesser birds will take their jollity. Up, up, fair bride, and call Thy stars from out their several boxes, take Thy rubies, pearls, and diamonds forth, and make Thyself a constellation of them all; And by their blazing signify That a great princess falls, but doth not die. Be thou a new star, that to us portends Ends of much wonder; and be thou those ends.”
“To understand your fear is the beginning of really seeing.”
“You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents came from. It is a belief that all men are created free and equal and that everyone deserves an even break.”
“It is tragic to have to realize that the best I had to give as a soldier, obedience, and loyalty, was exploited for purposes which could not be recognized at the time, and that I did not see that there is a limit set even for a soldier's performance to his duty. That is my fate.”

Source : "The Trial of the Germans". Book by Eugene Davidson, p. 341, 1997.
“When some French were assembling an encyclopedia of paranormal experiences, they decided to leave dÃ©jÃ vu out, because it was so common it could not be considered paranormal.”
“Muscles aching to work, minds aching to create - this is man.”

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