"From my membership in all of these groups I have learned that oppression and the intolerance of difference come in all shapes and sizes and colors and sexualities; and that among those of us who share the goals of liberation and a workable future for our children, there can be no hierarchies of oppression."

-- Audre Lorde

#Children Quotes #Color Quotes #Differences Quotes

“There is nothing real about film. Nothing. Even the light particles that project the film can't be proven to exist. Nothing is there.”
“The Scooby gang doesn't travel because they are looking for crimes to solve. They travel because they're one step ahead of the deprogrammers. Somehow, Fred's got them all snookered. It probably has something to do with the Scooby Snacks.”
“Is it to be expected that the Southern States will deliver themselves bound hand and foot to the Eastern States? A few rich merchants in Philadelphia, Boston, and New York could thereby monopolise the staples of the Southern States and reduce their value.”
“People say they want shorter, but really want something that rivets them. They've got endless time for great.”
“Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.”
“Past behavior is the most reliable predictor of future behavior.”

Source : Gordon Livingston (2009). “Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now”, p.8, Da Capo Press
“The trick to writing for people is, you have to be able to turn them on in your head. And know how they'd word something or how they'd inflect it.”
“Education and the workforce: I think these two things go together in terms of human potential.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca

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