"Nobody can change who you are, except for you."

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Source : Jean Kwok (2010). “Girl in Translation”, p.35, Penguin

Jean Kwok

#Who You Are Quotes

“Do you know how hard it is to say nothing? When every atom of you strains to do the opposite? I had practiced not saying anything the whole way from the airport, and it was still nearly killing me.”
“There are only so many hours you can sit on the bus and watch TV or play basketball or whatever we do to pass the time before we go out onstage.”
“What's more, sharia finance is another tool of Islamic separatism; instead of assimilating into American society, Muslims are demanding, and receiving, parallel financial institutions that reinforce the idea that they are unique, not subject to the laws and norms to which the rest of us are subject-a privileged class. At the same time, sharia finance initiatives are giving Islamic interests increased control over Western economic life.”

Source : Robert Spencer (2008). “Stealth Jihad: How Radical Islam Is Subverting America without Guns or Bombs”, p.185, Regnery Publishing
“It's okay to spin around and around in the same place. Just so long as you're singing your heart out. THAT's what life's all about.”
“The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development of public opinion and not on authority.”

Source : George Bancroft (1855). “Literary and historical miscellanies”, p.421
“nobody ever wrote to me saying"you know ender's game was a pretty good book, but you know what it really needs a n introduction!".....so be assured the novel stands on its own, and if you skip this intro and go straight to the story, i not only won't stand in your way i'll even agree with you!”
“It is purposeless to tell Negroes they should not be enraged when they should be. Indeed, they will be mentally healthier if they do not suppress rage, but vent it constructively and use its energy peacefully but forcefully to cripple the operations of an oppressive society. Civil disobedience can utilize the militance wasted in riots to seize clothes or groceries many do not even want.”
“How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?”

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