"As we search as a nation for constructive ways to challenge racism and white supremacy, it is absolutely essential that progressive female voices gain a hearing."

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Bell Hooks

#Voice Quotes #White Quotes #Racism Quotes

“In no passage of the holy canonical books there can be found either divine precept or permission to take away our own life, whether for the sake of entering on the enjoyment of immortality, or of shunning, or ridding ourselves of anything whatever. Nay, the law, rightly interpreted, even prohibits suicide, where it says, 'Thou shalt not kill.' This is proved especially by the omission of the words "thy neighbor," which are inserted when false witness is forbidden.”
“At the age of nineteen, on my own initiative and at my own expense, I raised an army by means of which I restored liberty to the republic, which had been oppressed by the tyranny of a faction. For which service the senate, with complimentary resolutions, enrolled me in its order...”

Source : "The Deeds of the Divine Augustus". Book by Augustus, 1924.
“I've been reading tabloids since I was nine. I love a good story.”
“Nothing can convince me that people are at one with their work unless they're joyous about it.”
“I was shocked by the reaction I got for Bleak House. It was very intensive but one of the best jobs of my life. It was a chance to play a character that grows and develops and I was very enmeshed in it. But I didn't realise how stylish it was and how much people would love it.”
“Let your light shine today, and let your personality blossom, too. You don't have to be a people-pleaser, just a people-lover.”
“I used to be self conscious about my height, but then I thought, ***** that, I'm Harry Potter.”
“If you want to push design into new areas, you have to work closely across the boundaries of people's trades and professions. If you know the questions to ask, you can pull out the expertise.”

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