"If you want to feel humor too exquisite and subtle for translation, sit invisibly among a gang of Negro workers."

-- W. E. B. Du Bois

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“At the dressing table, every woman has a chance to be an artist, and art, as Aristotle said, 'completes what nature left unfinished.'”
“I like to take pictures of lots of things: people-such as my nephews, my dogs, and just interesting objects that I see. For instance, I might take a picture of flowers by the side of the road, an old sign or a fence.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Lazy breathing converts the lungs, literally and figuratively speaking, into a cemetery for the deposition of diseased, dying and dead germs as well as supplying an ideal haven for the multiplication of other harmful germs.”
“Our spiritual attitude is determined by our conception of our relation to infinite spirit.”
“God releases more of His power and presence according to the measure of our hunger for Him.”
“When bad things happened to other people, I imagined them happening to me. I didnâ€™t know if this was empathy or theft.”

Source : Leslie Jamison (2014). “The Empathy Exams: Essays”, p.20, Granta Books
“Paul's last words to Linda: "You're up on yourï»¿ beautiful Appaloosa stallion. It's a fine spring day. We're riding through the woods. The bluebells are all out, and the sky is clear-blue".”
“[To the cultures of Asia and the continent of Africa] it is the Western impact which has stirred up the winds of change and set the processes of modernization in motion. Education brought not only the idea of equality but also another belief which we used to take for granted in the West-the idea of progress, the idea that science and technology can be used to better human conditions. In ancient society, men tended to believe themselves fortunate if tomorrow was not worse than today and anyway, there was little they could do about it.”

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