"I say the law should be blind to race, gender and sexual orientation, just as it claims to be blind to wealth and power. There should be no specially protected groups of any kind, except for children, the severely disabled and the elderly, whose physical frailty demands society's care."

-- Camille Paglia

#Children Quotes #Elderly Quotes #Law Quotes

“If you must masturbate, you have already failed”
“The best person able to appraise promise as a mathematician is a gifted teacher, and not a professional tester.”
“Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the dead.”

Source : Lynne Tillman (2014). “Motion Sickness”, p.113, Red Lemonade
“How we fall into grace. You can't work or earn your way into it. You just fall. It lies below, it lies beyond. It comes to you, unbidden.”

Source : Rick Bass (2001). “Colter: The True Story of the Best Dog I Ever Had”, p.9, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Political parties often take advantage of denial and fear in a moment of change. This is a well understood phenomenon that often leads to scapegoat-ism: blaming outsiders, such as immigrants, or racial and religious minorities. The phenomenon is behind Brexit and the violence in the political cycles in the US and EU.”

Source : "Global Warming and the Future of Humanity: An Interview With Noam Chomsky and Graciela Chichilnisky". Interview with C.J. Polychroniou, truthout.org. September 17, 2016.
“Writing is making a mess, and then working and reworking to create a beautiful piece.”
“When people say it's a funny thing about them, you will probably be able to control your hysterics. They are only getting ready to announce the shattering fact that they don't like something. And it's not going to be something that's really quite awful, like suttee or apartheid; it's going to be something small.”

Source : Peg Bracken (1969). “I Didn't Come Here to Argue”
“Dominance is a burden. Most men who are honest will admit that.”

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