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“I think often if people don't have a lot of experience with a particular type of person or a particular type of brain, they can make dangerous assumptions. That's one of the reasons that I'm so interested in contradicting and troubling held thoughts about black women.”
Source : "There’s Poetry About Beyoncé Now - And It’s Amazing". Interview with Becca Andrews, www.motherjones.com. February 15, 2017.
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“"Fate permitting" is a standard Stoic phrase meant to remind ourselves that planning things is up to us, but the ultimate outcomes are not under our control. It helps us to develop an attitude of equanimity toward the universe. We should very much try to change things for the better, that's the whole point of the Stoic discipline of action.”
Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
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“The best leaders are the best notetakers, best askers, and best learners.”
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“Its a consequence of the experience of science. As you learn more and more about the universe, you find you can understand more and more without any reference to supernatural intervention, so you lose interest in that possibility. Most scientists I know dont care enough about religion even to call themselves atheists. And that, I think, is one of the great things about science-that it has made it possible for people not to be religious.”
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“It's never black and white on 'Game of Thrones.' If you think it's black and white, you're watching it wrong.”
Source : "Game of Thrones' Maisie Williams on How Arya's Quest Is About More Than Vengeance". Interview with Scott Collura, www.ign.com. April 3, 2014.
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“I was made to be a perfectionist at everything I did. Everything was more important than what I wanted.”
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“The Eucharist is the heart of the Church. Where Eucharistic life flourishes, there the life of the church will blossom.”
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“Atheism has become a major threat to the church. New Atheists tend to be articulate and belligerent. They are aggressively engaging in "atheist evangelism," determined to stamp out every vestige of belief in God, which they insist is not only "stupid" but "wicked."”