"Only the strong go crazy. The weak just go along."

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Source : Assata Shakur (1987). “Assata: An Autobiography”, p.209, Zed Books

Assata Shakur

#Strong Quotes #Crazy Quotes #Weak Quotes

“Bishop, this is a full tithe and a little bit more, because that's the way we have been blessed.”
“Thought and learning are of small value unless translated into action.”
“One of the most painful things for me was Jay Leno, Jay Leno going back on the air and saying to people that it was a choice between his writing staff and his crew, I think that really hurt a lot of show runners, because it was never a choice between our writers and our crew.”
“We're telling small-business owners that not only are we going to raise their costs by a buck and a quarter, but we're also going to raise it with these cost-of-living adjustments. Here's what's going to happen: They're going to have to lay people off.”
“What was I supposed to be, growing in your womb -- assuming it was even in our womb that I was conceived? A seed of hope? A ticket purchased to ferry you from the dark? A patch for that hole you carried in your heart? If so, then I wasn't enough. I wasn't nearly enough. I was no balm to your pain, only another dead end, another burden, and you must have seen that early on. You must have realized it. But what could you do? You couldn't go down to the pawnshop and sell me.”
“I think we have muddled the terms of marriage, civil partnership, registry office, church etc. I would have liked that to have been clarified. I didn't really like the legislation that was the problem but I absolutely support gay marriage.”

Source : Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Someone from Manolo Blahnik went into my shop and said: 'These shoes are not vegetarian.' That's the highest compliment, because you just can't tell that they are, and they are. My mum taught me to have a soul.”
“The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.”

Source : Darren Hardy (2011). “The Compound Effect”, p.37, Hachette UK

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