"People must be protected from prejudice against their person. But people cannot be protected from prejudice against their ideas - because otherwise we're all done."

-- Salman Rushdie

#Ideas Quotes #People Quotes #Done Quotes

“Just one more thing. I kill Snow.”
“It may be a product of me being raised in episcopal church, but I have a love for ritual and theater and the significance of doing the exact same thing over and over. So I really love knowing every little thing I'm going to do during a show.”

Source : "Shearwater". Interview with Jason Crock, pitchfork.com. April 24, 2007.
“People feel that the EU is a one-way process, a great machine that sucks up decision-making from national parliaments to the European level until everything is decided by the EU. That needs to change.”

Source : Foreign policy forum in Berlin, www.telegraph.co.uk. October 23, 2012.
“Collective unity is not the result of the brotherly love of the faithful for each other. The loyalty of the true believer is to the whole the church, party, nation and not to his fellow true believer. True loyalty between individuals is possible only in a loose and relatively free society .”
“We occupy a space of our own creation-a collage compounded by bits and pieces of actuality arranged into a design determined by our internal perceptions, our hopes, our fears, our memories, and our anticipations.”
“Research shows that children do better in school and are less likely to drop out when fathers are involved. Engaged parents can strengthen communities, mentor and tutor students, and demonstrate through their actions how much they value their children's education.”
“The word priority was singular for 500 yearsâ€”what does priorities meanâ€”'many many first things.'”
“Given Loughner's obsession with meaninglessness and language, maybe Foucault & Derrida deserve some fault here, too.”

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