"My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy."

-- Maya Angelou

#Mother Quotes #Teacher Quotes #Ignorance Quotes

“The massive quantities of radiation that would be released in a war fought with nuclear weapons might, over time, cause such great changes in the human gene pool that following generations might not be recognizable as human beings.”

Source : Helen Caldicott (1980). “Nuclear madness: what you can do”
“If you are going to make your mark among masters, you have to work far harder and more intensively, or, to put it more exactly, the work is far more complex than that needed to gain the title of Master.”

Source : Mikhail Botvinnik (2012). “Botvinnik: 100 Selected Games”, p.9, Courier Corporation
“Anyone who saw Nagasaki would suddenly realize that they'd been kept in the dark by the United States government as to what atomic bombs can do.”
“The real action is interior - all the growth that cannot be seen externally and to which we tend to have little access until we have experienced it ourselves.”
“We need to believe I think in justice. We need to run our lives as if justice existed. If we abandon a belief that justice will eventually be done, we make this world much more difficult for ourselves.”
“Only Bayern Munich really have some sort of a guarantee to win if they only catch a good day. All the others need really good days to win. I like that.”
“The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.”

Source : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1906). “Longfellow Day by Day”
“Make no mistake: Obamacare is a pro-death health program.”

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