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“Life hurls us like a stone, and we sail through the air saying, "look at me move.”
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“Act as if you are going to live for ever and cast your plans way ahead. You must feel responsible without time limitations, and the consideration of whether you may or may not be around to see the results should never enter your thoughts.”
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“Affirmative action works but we're going to need to muster all our political resources if we are to keep it in place.”
Source : Harold Washington, Alton Miller (1988). “Climbing a Great Mountain: Selected Speeches of Mayor Harold Washington”
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“I thought very seriously having something more like a normal life where I might have my weekends and evenings off, and be able to read and have a more robust personal life.”
Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
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“We cannot say to one couple that their love is deserving of marriage and to another that their love should only be called a partnership. 'Separate but equal' is never equal. Children of same-sex couples should not grow up wondering why their family is treated differently from other families”
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“I was taught that justice is a right that every American should have. Also justice should be the goal of every American. I think that's what makes this country. To me, justice means the innocent should be found innocent. It means that those who do wrong should get their due punishment. Ultimately, it means fair treatment. So a call for justice shouldn't offend or disrespect anybody. A call for justice shouldn't warrant an apology.”
Source : "Andrew Hawkins hits back after police label shootings protest 'pathetic'" by Tom Lutz, www.theguardian.com. December 16, 2014.
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“Hopefully, kids realize you can do anything you want. Skateboarding can be that gateway.”
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“In the humanist ideal, the mainstream is where interesting debate, the generating of new ideas and creativity take place. In rational society this mainstream is considered uncontrollable and is therefore made marginal. The centre ground is occupied instead by structures and courtiers.”