"Activism pays the rent on being alive and being here on the planet."

-- Alice Walker

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“I'm not a jazz singer.”
“You can try on our suede underwear if you choose. Do what you want, but don't step on my blue suede shoes.”
“Why is it, my shadow-striding friend, that we don't fear dreams? We lose consciousness, lose control, things happen with no apparent logic and abiding by no apparent rules.... We don't fear dreams, but we do fear madness, and death terrifies us.”

Source : Brent Weeks (2009). “Shadow's Edge: Book 2 of the Night Angel”, p.89, Hachette UK
“A thing may happen and be a total lie; another thing may not happen and be truer than the truth.”
“I'm a forgiver. I might not forget, but I forgive. My mother, father and older brother always told me: 'Don't hold grudges. If you do that, you don't lower yourself down to your adversary. Just treat people the way you want to be treated.' I honestly think that's why I was able to survive and have some success.”
“It seems like only yesterday that savers were dorks. They kept piggy banks. They drove last year's cars. They fished in their change purses for nickels while the superstars flashed credit cards. Today, values have changed. The new object of veneration is not money on the hoof but money in the bank - and the dorks all have it.”

Source : Jane Bryant Quinn (1997). “Making the Most of Your Money”, p.178, Simon and Schuster
“I have never said that the terrorists' interpretation of Islam is the accurate or correct one. But I have pointed out that the terrorists portray themselves quite successfully among Muslims as the exponents of true and pure Islam, and moderates have mounted no successful response as yet.”

Source : "Honesty is the best policy, Bob". Jihad Watch (www.jihadwatch.org), July 19, 2007.
“The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.”

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