"We know that segregation is evil. We know that the sickest children should not go to the worst hospitals."

-- Jonathan Kozol

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“We've got to make the small things unforgettable.”
“You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.”

Source : Thomas Merton (2009). “Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander”, p.206, Image
“You can't just have a good voice. You need a great voice, song, performance and video. When people see you, it all has to match up. There's a lot of missing parts in R&B right now. That's why it's not selling right now. Things that are irresistible, people will pay for it.”
“We have never done anything in a cynical fake way”
“He felt that there is a loose balance of good and evil, and that the art of living consists in getting the greatest good out of the greatest evil.”

Source : Machado de Assis (2015). “Iaiá Garcia”, p.23, University Press of Kentucky
“A cowboy, a lawyer, and a mechanic watched Queen of the Damned,â€ I murmured. Warrenâ€”who had once, a long time ago, been a cowboyâ€”snickered and wiggled his bare feet. â€œIt could be the beginning of either a bad joke or a horror story.â€ â€œNo,â€ said Kyle, the lawyer, whose head was propped up on my thigh. â€œIf you want a horror story, you have to start out with a werewolf, his gorgeous lover, and a walker.”
“The problems of human subjectivity replicate themselves at many different scales, like the overtones and undertones in a stringed instrument striking ghost-intervals up and down into infinity. This is not Hegel's ingenuity, it is his responsiveness to the organic structure in us that echoes itself throughout the whole architecture.”
“You can't overestimate the importance of psychology in chess, and as much as some players try to downplay it, I believe that winning requires a constant and strong psychology not just at the board but in every aspect of your life.”

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