"Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart."

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Source : Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.52

Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

#Ignorance Quotes #Men Quotes #Racism Quotes

“I don't collect any memorabilia. I wish I'd have kept everything I had. But who knew you had to keep it. Just gave it away. And we lost so much and we didn't look after a lot of it.”
“Springtime is at hand. When will you ever bloom, if not here and now?”
“The only time anyone has ever gotten into serious trouble was when he decided he could do nothing about something.”
“Several years ago my dear wife went to the hospital. She left a note behind for the children: "Dear children, do not let Daddy touch the microwave" followed by a comma, "or the stove, or the dishwasher, or the dryer." I'm embarrassed to add any more to that list.”
“When I was 19 years old, I was the number one star of the world for two years; when I was 40, nobody wanted me; I couldn't get a job.”

Source : "'Gandhi' Is Winner Of Eight Academy Awards" by Aljean Harmetz, www.nytimes.com. April 12, 1983.
“Since you and Crispin are now finished and I have a few hours to kill, how about that shag?â€ he asked with heavy irony. â€œBite me,â€ I sighed, gathering up the pages. He winked. â€œOf course. My second-favorite thing to do in bed.”
“To Paradise, the Arabs say, Satan could never find the way Until the peacock led him in.”

Source : Charles Godfrey Leland (1872). “The Music-lesson of Confucius, and Other Poems”, p.69
“I don't think it's a coincidence this happened. God does things for a reason ... It's a good message for back home.”

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