"Often the oppressor goes along unaware of the evil involved in his oppression so long as the oppressed accepts it."

-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

#Long Quotes #Evil Quotes #Oppression Quotes

“Bin Laden was 200 miles away from the area where all of these drone strikes were taking out his key leaders, he was able to indulge in his hobbies... and he was making occasional video tapes and audio tapes to the wider world.”

Source : "The 'Manhunt' To Capture Osama Bin Laden". "Fresh Air" with Dave Davies, www.npr.org. May 1, 2012.
“I like to wear things, I don't like things to wear me.”
“I glanced up to see Liz and smiled. "Thank you." "I just went along for the ride. After that happened-" She waved at Derek. "You know how blind people need Seeing Eye dogs? Well, apparently werewolves could really use Opening Door poltergeists.”

Source : Kelley Armstrong (2010). “The Reckoning: Number 3 in series”, p.271, Hachette UK
“There were 'big stars' at the Alamo! Bowie, Crockett! It is a huge political event because it, and the events at Goliad and San Jacinto, changed the look of a map of America. America would be a very different place if Texas had remained Mexican.”
“If you make the right choice in casting, your work is nearly done already. You don't have to spend a lot of time directing the actors, because they're so well suited to the parts.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“Just leave me alone. I'm not myself. I'm falling apart, and I don't want you here.”

Source : Daniel Keyes (2007). “Flowers for Algernon”, p.300, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“When stress is the basic state of mind, even good things stress us out. We have to learn to let go.”
“If any student comes to me and says he wants to be useful to mankind and go into research to alleviate human suffering, I advise him to go into charity instead. Research wants real egotists who seek their own pleasure and satisfaction, but find it in solving the puzzles of nature.”

Source : Attributed to Szent-Györgyi in "The Development of Spatial Cognition" by Robert Cohen, 1985.

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