"Often in my lectures when I use the phrase â€œimperialist white-supremacist capitalist patriarchyâ€ to describe our nationâ€™s political system, audiences laugh. No one has ever explained why accurately naming this system is funny. The laughter is itself a weapon of patriarchal terrorism."

-- Bell Hooks

#Laughter Quotes #White Quotes #Laughing Quotes

“Microsoft obviously takes way too long to fix flaws, .. All researchers should follow responsible disclosure guidelines, but if a vendor like Microsoft takes six months to a year to fix a flaw, a researcher has every right to release the details.”
“But...as bad as it was, I learned something about myself. That I could go through something like that and survive. I mean, I know it could have been worse--a lot worse-- but for me, it was all I could have handled at the time. And I learned from it.”
“A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius.”
“I'm a very stubborn person. I think it has helped me over my career. I'm sure it has hindered me at times as well, but not too many times. I know that if I set my mind to do something, even if people are saying I can't do it, I will achieve it.”
“It just feels good to beat the world champs to be the world champs.”
“You can't learn pathos or profundity.”

Source : "Nigel Kennedy accuses fellow violinists of destroying Bach's legacy" by Dalya Alberge, www.theguardian.com. August 13, 2011.
“Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves.”
“Look at her -- I would die for her. I would kill for her. Either way -- what bliss.”

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