"I believe that there are human stocks with whom it is physically unwise to intermarry, but to think that these stocks are all colored or that there are no such white stocks is unscientific and false."

-- W. E. B. Du Bois

#Believe Quotes #Thinking Quotes #White Quotes

“For those who fancy that government's projects are uniquely important, or for those who imagine that holding government office makes someone unusually saintly or trustworthy, entrusting government with power that we would never entrust to our neighbors or other private citizens might seem sensible. To me, it's dangerous, unjustified, and unjustifiable.”
“The proper use of our intelligence and knowledge is to effect changes from within to develop a good heart.”
“Man wasn't made to inherit Paradise without effort. Rather, he was made to conquer Paradise, after proving his worthiness of it.”
“I recognize that individuals and organizations with tremendous financial clout and open access to the political system in the post-Citizens United era, are going to fight tooth and nail against a reinvigorated War on Poverty. But I also think that the elections of 2012 showed the limits of big money in politics, and the willingness of a majority of voters to really think these issues through for themselves.”
“I have to wear six pairs of speedos when I run.”

Source : "Leading Mannequins" by Molly Young, www.gq.com. April 11, 2012.
“It's said that if two documentary filmmakers meet they talk about the world, if two fiction filmmakers meet they talk about the million that they don't have to make their film.”
“That's the difference between golf and many other sports. You go to some other sporting events, they just leave you or give you the cold shoulder and move on.”
“And in this game of life, we all search for ourselves. When I say selves, I mean â€˜inner selvesâ€™, the thing that created the life in the first place. Now consciously, most of us are not aware of this. But if youâ€™re searching for happiness; if youâ€™re searching for tranquility; if youâ€™re searching just to have a nice, peaceful, loving, understanding life... in actual fact, your searching for your inner self.”

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