"I have always viewed my role as a sort of ambassador or bridge between groups to help provide a dialog."

-- Joichi Ito

#Bridges Quotes #Groups Quotes #Roles Quotes

“The idea of the person enters poetics where art and reality, or intentionality and circumstance, meet.”

Source : Lyn Hejinian (2000). “The Language of Inquiry”, p.207, Univ of California Press
“We forget that Socrates was famed for wisdom not because he was omniscient but because he realized at the age of seventy that he still knew nothing.”
“Problem with segregation isn't that people can't live in peaceful harmony singing "Kumbaya" - although that wouldn't be bad. The problem is that many of these Whitopian communities are taking state, local, and federal resources with them.”

Source : "Journey into the Heart of Whiteness". Interview with Elizabeth Gettelman, www.motherjones.com. December 23, 2009.
“Writing is the only thing I've ever done with persistence, except for being married.”
“Most men's anger about religion is as if two men should quarrel for a lady they neither of them care for.”
“The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.”
“The wheel turns and turns and turns: it never stops and stands still.”
“If I were you I'd promise to live life for all it's worth, take all you've been given and leave your mark upon this Earth. Trust your heart to show you everything you need...and if you were you, I'd fall in love with me.”

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