"Ours is the old, old story of every uprising race or class or order. The work of elevation must be wrought by ourselves or not at all."

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Source : Frances Power Cobbe (2010). “The Duties of Women: A Course of Lectures”, p.6, Cambridge University Press

Frances Power Cobbe

#Race Quotes #Order Quotes #Class Quotes

“I love making fiction films as well as nonfiction ones, and hope to keep challenging myself to make better and better work.”

Source : "The Crash Reel Director Lucy Walker on Snowboarding and Simone de Beauvoir". Interview with Melissa Silverstein, www.indiewire.com. December 12, 2013.
“I think that music has an endless life.”
“I guess I also see meditation as part of healthy living. It definitely is important for me to find some mental stillness.”

Source : "Stephanie Ellis on being vegetarian, human trafficking, and taking ownership of your life". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. May 1, 2014.
“The realization that Iâ€™d have nothing to take home had finally sunk in. My knees buckled and I slid down the tree trunk to its roots. It was too much. I was too sick and weak and tired, oh, so tired. Let them call the Peacekeepers and take us to the community home, I thought. Or better yet, let me die right here in the rain.”
“There is a technical, literary term for those who mistake the opinions and beliefs of characters in a novel for those of the author. The term is 'idiot'.”
“Only people who are well off can be - complex.”
“The only thing that matters is when the team wins.”
“Thinking about the fathomless cruelty with which man has treated his fellow man, but also ice cream.”

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