"To act in a way both sexist and racist, to maintain one's class privilege, it is only necessary to act in the customary, ordinary, usual, even polite manner."

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Source : Joanna Russ (1983). “How to Suppress Women's Writing”, p.18, University of Texas Press

Joanna Russ

#Class Quotes #Usual Quotes #Ordinary Quotes

“Bill Rehnquist makes Barry Goldwater look like a liberal.”

Source : John W. Dean (2002). “The Rehnquist Choice: The Untold Story of the Nixon Appointment That Redefined the Supreme Court”, p.129, Simon and Schuster
“I feel like if you compare yourself to other successful musicians you will never be successful, because there will always be someone above you who has done something more or done something first or done something better.”
“The tide of immigration in Canada has not been as great as along our frontier. They have been able to allow the Indians to live as Indians, which we have not, and do not attempt to force upon them the customs which are distasteful to them.”

Source : Nelson A. Miles (1992). “Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles, Embracing a Brief View of the Civil War, Or, From New England to the Golden Gate and the Story of His Indian Campaigns with Comments on the Exploration, Development, and Progress of Our Great Western Empire”, p.345, U of Nebraska Press
“â€¨â€¦Abe didnâ€™t say a word. He made straight for his journal and wrote down a single sentence. One that would radically alter the course of his life, and bring a fledgeling nation to the brink of collapse.â€¨I hereby resolve to kill every vampire in America.”
“I've grown up seeing the pros and cons but I love it and I've always wanted to act. Throughout all the rejections at auditions, and especially when I finally did get something, both my parents have been so supportive and always told me it is all about passion and, if I was doing it because I love it, there's no wrong choice.”
“We all have an edge. We all are floating our psyche on top with a great ocean underneath.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Dali was the great painter then and surrealism was a way of life.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“An emotion that lives with me is a sense of what might have been had injuries not robbed me of my most lethal weapon - speed.”

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