"She walked about with the rather fated expression you see in photographs of girls who have subsequently been murdered, but nothing had so far happened to her."

-- Elizabeth Bowen

#Girl Quotes #Expression Quotes #Photograph Quotes

“Saturdays and Sundays, America in the year 2009 does not in some ways differ significantly from the country that existed almost 50 years ago. This is truly sad,”

Source : Speech at the DOJ African-American History Month Program, delivered 18 February 2009
“Be a dynamo of irrepressible joy!”
“Populists and isolationists ignore the tangible benefits that have resulted from our active international role during the past half-century.”
“The role model approach to social change is no substitute for challenging unjust employment practices, educational policies and housing.”
“Don't play dead with a vulture. That's exactly what they want.”
“I don't believe in angels, no. But I do have a wee parking angel. It's on my dashboard and you wind it up. The wings flap and it's supposed to give you a parking space. It's worked so far.”
“We are also further than ever from equality of opportunity.”

Source : "Mind the Gap". Book by Ferdinand Mount, 2004.
“All people deserve respect, but not all ideas do.”

Source : "Johann Hari: Why should I respect these oppressive religions?" by Johann Hari, www.independent.co.uk. January 28, 2009.

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