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“When people like me, they like me "in spite of my color." When they dislike me; they point out that it isn't because of my color. Either way, I am locked in to the infernal circle.”
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“Adolescence is when girls experience social pressure to put aside their authentic selves and to display only a small portion of their gifts.”
Source : Mary Pipher (2005). “Reviving Ophelia”, p.16, Penguin
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“But we have been to the Pole and we shall die like gentlemen. I regret only for the women we leave behind.”
Source : Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.417, Oxford University Press
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“Stabilizing the climate is not about saving the human species... Stabilizing the climate is a precious opportunity to pass on to all future human beings gifts of immense value, gifts that, once gone, will be beyond the imagination and skill of humanity to recreate.”
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“I guess they're called moments because they don't last very long.”
Source : Sarra Manning (2011). “You Don't Have to Say You Love Me”, p.241, Random House
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“Many a writer seems to think he is never profound except when he can't understand his own meaning.”
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“I think the real understanding comes when we recognize our humanity in each other. That's not just between blacks and whites. That's between all religions as well.”
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“The glory of creation is in its infinite diversity.”
Source : "Draper's Book of Quotations for the Christian World". Book by Edythe Draper, 1992.
