"As I said, if you don't stand up for yourself, people aren't going to think that you can stand up for them."

-- Sidney Blumenthal

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Stand Up For Yourself Quotes

“I was raised speaking English and Spanish. And I also speak Danish. And I can get by in French and Italian. I've acted in Spanish and English, but when something has to do with emotions, sometimes I feel I can get to the heart of the matter better in Spanish.”
“Anyone who lives in a city will know the feeling of having been there too long. The gorge-vision that the streets imprint on us, the sense of blockage, the longing for surfaces other than glass, brick, concrete and tarmac....I have lived in Cambridge on and off for a decade, and I imagine I will continue to do so for years to come. And for as long as I stay here, I know I will have to also get to the wild places.”
“Racial prejudices are indication of a disturbed and potentially unstable society.”

Source : Kenneth B. Clark (1988). “Prejudice and Your Child”, p.6, Wesleyan University Press
“Dad always says that I could sing before I could talk”
“Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success!”
“Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.”
“Never ever want to be my daddy / All I ever didn't want to be, and I all I ever want to be is him”
“Sin is present in everyone as a nature before it expresses itself in deeds”

Source : Henry Clarence Thiessen (1979). “Lectures in Systematic Theology”, p.173, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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