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Bharati Mukherjee

"I had never walked on the street alone when I was growing up in Calcutta, up to age 20. I had never handled money. You know, there was always a couple of bodyguards behind me, who took care if I wanted... I needed pencils for school, I needed a notebook, they were the ones who were taking out the money. I was constantly guarded."

Source : "Corporate Reform Updates and a Conversation with the FCC Commissioner". Interview with Bill Moyers, billmoyers.com. May 2, 2003.

Bharati Mukherjee

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“Brown people and black people and red people swarmed through our great halls, until those who were white looked simply faded-out human beings beside them. Indeed, I came to see that white is not a color in skin any more than in textiles, and if it had not quality, it had no value even for humanity. I saw that color in skin had a certain advantage in strength and warmth as a means of beauty.”

Source : Candace Wheeler (1918). “Yesterdays in a Busy Life”
“Heat lingers As days are still long; Early mornings are cool While autumn is still young. Dew on the lotus Scatters pure perfume; Wind on the bamboos Gives off a gentle tinkling. I am idle and lonely, Lying down all day, Sick and decayed; No one asks for me; Thin dusk before my gates, Cassia blossoms inch deep.”
“Health and disease are the same thingâ€”vital action intended to preserve, maintain, and protect the body. There is no more reason for treating disease than there is for treating health.”

Source : Herbert M. Shelton (1979). “Human Life: Its Philosophy and Laws”, p.61, Health Research Books
“Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, distinctly heard the voice of Jesus telling him to kill women, and he was locked up for life. George W. Bush says that God told him to invade Iraq (a pity God didn't vouchsafe him a revelation that there were no weapons of mass destruction).”
“Is it a different New York since Lou Reed died? Itâ€™s been a different New York since I saw him in his sweatpants at the Cozy Soup â€˜nâ€™ Burger.”
“Vocational education programs have made a real difference in the lives of countless young people nationwide; they build self-confidence and leadership skills by allowing students to utilize their unique gifts and talents.”
“I am inspired by the reality that actions we take in the real world, no matter how seemingly small, can have impact on people's lives in a positive way. I have always been motivated by the desire to improve the world for women, in particular in the media - because the media is the "face" of the collective philosophy; watching media tells you what we think of ourselves and our "ideal" images and states of being.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
“Our odd idea of the classical world, the white Washington, D.C., is based on buildings that were originally brightly painted.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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