"When a kid says "smell my hand," it almost never smells like cinnamon."

-- Brian P. Cleary

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“And I remembered something else that makes us human: faith, the only weapon in our arsenal to battle doubt.”
“I donâ€™t believe rape is inevitable or natural. If I did, I would have no reason to be here. If I did, my political practice would be different than it is. Have you ever wondered why we [women] are not just in armed combat against you? Itâ€™s not because thereâ€™s a shortage of kitchen knives in this country. It is because we believe in your humanity, against all the evidence.”
“I want my people to stay with me here. All the dead men will come to life again. Their spirits will come to their bodies again. We must wait here in the homes of our fathers and be ready to meet them in the bosom of our mother.”
“"I believe that no characteristic is so distinctively human as the sense of indebtedness we feel, not necessarily for a favor received, but even for the slightest evidence of kindness; and there is nothing so boorish, savage, inhuman as to appear to be overwhelmed by a favor, let alone unworthy of it."”
“The person who bears and suffers evils with meekness and silence is the sum of a Christian man.”
“Four things to learn in life: To think clearly without hurry or confusion; To love everybody sincerely; To act in everything with the highest motives; To trust God unhesitatingly.”

Source : Helen Keller, Annie Sullivan (1921). “The Story of My Life: with her letters (1887--1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan”, Doubleday, Page & Company
“You are not defined by an Instagram photo, by a like, by a comment. That does not define you.”

Source : "Selena Gomez Gets Emotional In Speech On Bullying: 'You Are Not Defined By A 'Like,' By A Comment'" by Jelani Addams Rosa, www.seventeen.com. October 23, 2014.
“Anyone with any real blood in his or her veins cannot help being a fan. Being a true American and being a fan are synonymous.”

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