"I think it's one of the scars in our culture that we have too high an opinion of ourselves. We align ourselves with the angels instead of the higher primates."

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Source : "The Company of Angela Carter". "Marxism Today" Magazine, January 1985.

Angela Carter

#Angel Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Culture Quotes

“I'm pro-life. I'm pro-gun. I'm pro-family. And I'm pro-business.”
“Cops today are nothing but an armed tax collector”
“I've learned through experience that life is never that bad. The secret is just paying attention to how you feel and not letting anyone else dictate what in your heart you know is right.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I am still suffering from my experience in Rwanda, I never know when I'm going to drive my car off a bridge, or just decide to take my life.”
“So foolish is the heart of man that he ever puts his hope in the future, learning nothing from his past errors and fancying that tomorrow must be better than today.”
“The world news might not be therapeutic.”
“But wouldn't it be lovely to watch two people fall in love?”

Source : Anne Bishop (2009). “The Shadow Queen: A Black Jewels Novel”, p.123, Penguin
“We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because whilst others might free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind. Mind is your only ruler, sovereign. The man who is not able to develop and use his mind is bound to be the slave of the other man who uses his mind.”

Source : Marcus Garvey (1991). “The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers”, p.791, Univ of California Press

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