"Who wants to see 3 aging old racists on stage, anyway?"

-- Robert Plant

#Want Quotes #Racist Quotes #Aging Quotes

“...you have to cherish the world at the same time that you struggle to endure it.”

Source : Flannery O'Connor (1993). “"A Good Man is Hard to Find"”, p.129, Rutgers University Press
“There are people who can talk sensibly about a controversial issue; they're called humorists.”
“Its either Christ or the other god.”
“And I believe that good journalism, good television, can make our world a better place.”
“We are all freaks. Yes! Alone in our rooms at night, we are all weirdoes and outcasts and losers. That is what being a teenager is all about! Whether you admit it or not, you are all worried that the others wonâ€™t accept you, that if they knew the real you, they would recoil in horror. Each of us carries with us a secret shame that we think is somehow uniqueâ€¦And if we are, each of us, freaks â€“ then canâ€™t we accept whatâ€™s different in each other and move on?”
“Humanitarian missions are little different from any other public enterprise, diplomacy included, which is susceptible of misinterpretation by the public, hence ultimately of failure.”
“Every culture from the Egyptians to the Mayans to the American Indians to the Bedouins created bestiaries that enabled them to express their relationship with nature. Ashes and Snow is a 21st-century bestiary filled with species from around the world. Natureâ€™s orchestra includes not just Homo sapiens but elephants, whales, manatees, eagles, cheetahs, orangutans, and many others.”
“To be left alone on the tightrope of youthful unknowing is to experience the excruciating beauty of full freedom and the threat of eternal indecision. Few, if any, survive their teens. Most surrender to the vague but murderous pressure of adult conformity. It becomes easier to die and avoid conflict than to maintain a constant battle with the superior forces of maturity.”

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