"The basic difference between being assertive and being aggressive is how our words and behavior affect the rights and well being of others."

-- Sharon Anthony Bower

#Compassion Quotes #Differences Quotes #Rights Quotes

“Sticks and stones may break me, but the words you said just tore my heart in two.”
“Some people see Black Friday as a much-needed break for their wallet. I see it as retail outlets showing the customers the full weight of their contempt. The frenzy to buy cheap crap from China, the human downgrade of people fighting with each other over items they can probably live without, to me, is an insult.”
“Naked we came upon earth, and naked we go forth, and of all our possessions, we can carry nothing with us.”
“The only qualifications for a lineman are to be big and dumb. To be a back, you only have to be dumb.”
“If you have a good idea, get it out there. For every idea Iâ€™ve realized, I have ten I sat on for a decade till someone else did it first. Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it, sautÃ© it, whatever. MAKE.”

Source : "Dollhouse’s Joss Whedon Answers Your Questions" by Rebecca Harper, blog.hulu.com. March 6, 2009.
“... it's hard to be politically conscious and upwardly mobile at the same time.”
“Do not trust the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you or I were going to be hanged.”
“Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!”

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