"The prison is not the only institution that has posed complex challenges to the people who have lived with it and have become so inured to its presence that they could not conÂceive of society without it. Within the history of the United States the system of slavery immediately comes to mind."

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Source : Source: www.truth-out.org

Angela Davis

#People Quotes #Challenges Quotes #Mind Quotes

“With Maurice suddenly going, I realised... I think I've matured. I don't take things lightly any more.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“My tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky; It's time to take the window to see Leerie going by; For every night at tea-time and before you take your seat, With lantern and with ladder he comes posting up the street.”
“I love David Fincher - even though it was just two scenes, I loved the way we worked and could tell by the way he was shooting it that this was going to be an affective movie to say the least.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Fundamental systemic crises are often associated with the decline of the dominant imperial power and its increasing inability to sustain the system over which it had previously presided. The profound instability of the interwar period owed much to Britain's inability to maintain its role.”

Source : "Northern Rock's rescue is part of a geopolitical sea change" by Martin Jacques, www.theguardian.com. February 17, 2008.
“I read a lot of poetry. I read some history.”

Source : Source: www.identitytheory.com
“I think, more importantly, it's about who is your core team? Who are the people around you that are going to fight for you and make sure that's all protected?”
“When I speak now, my experience in art wells up so articulately that I am surprised even while I am talking. I move around a podium as easily as if it were my living room and although I am keyed up I am not anxious. I feel as if I were doing what I should be doing - the feeling I have when intent in my studio.”
“I'm jealous of my parents. I'll never have a kid as cool as theirs.”

Source : Twitter post from Mar 8, 2013

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