"Justice is sweet and musical; but injustice is harsh and discordant."

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Henry David Thoreau

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“Failure is a reality; we all fail at times, and it's painful when we do. But it's better to fail while striving for something wonderful, challenging, adventurous, and uncertain than to say, " I don't want to try because I may not succeed completely.”

Source : Jimmy Carter (2011). “Sources of Strength: Meditations on Scripture for a Living Faith”, p.221, Three Rivers Press
“In my opinion we are at the limit now, and 17 races is really too much. With all the testing that we do now, it means we're always on the bike and it's quite difficult.”
“Everybody that I meet inspires me. You can learn so much from any person that you meet any day on the side of the street.”
“The choices of one shape the futures of all.”
“I want to shift my career back to shows like The Knick. I prefer the classic drama structure.”

Source : "Andre Holland shines in Moonlight". Interview with Jerry Nunn, chicago.gopride.com. November 4, 2016.
“Ordinarily we are swept away by habitual momentum. We don't interrupt our patterns even slightly. With practice, however, we learn to stay with a broken heart, with a nameless fear, with the desire for revenge. Sticking with uncertainty is how we learn to relax in the midst of chaos, how we learn to be cool when the ground beneath us suddenly disappears.”
“It is too often forgotten that when the Europeans gained enough maritime skills and gunpowder to conquer most of the world, they not only colonized the bulk of the world's people but they colonized the interpretation of history itself. Human history was rewritten to favor them at the expense of other people. The roots of modern racism can be traced to this conquest and colonization.”

Source : Wilfred Ruprecht Bion (1977). “Seven Servants: Four Works”, Jason Aronson Incorporated
“The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.”

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