"Being the only Indian in class, I had to be able to stand up and defend myself and debate the others when they tried to say: "You Indians get everything free." People have stereotypes of Indigenous people. I learned to challenge in a respectful way."

-- Perry Bellegarde

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“We all know how funny Morrissey is. Actually, you know what? I say that sarcastically. His songs are some of the funniest songs I've ever heard in my life. I mean, really. I mean, not that the 'Girlfriend in a Coma' is, like, really funny.”
“Tolerance is understanding. It is open to new light. Those who are tolerant are always eager to explore viewpoints other than their own.”
“I remained Ryan's companion on the Hollywood party circuit, growing inured to sex and drugs before I was in my teens.”
“It would be easy for this conflict to slip off the political agenda given how long it has been going on but for the sake of the people of Nepal for whom it is a daily tragic reality, the world must remain engaged and keep up the pressure on the government and the Maoists.”
“A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.”

Source : Scientific Autobiography, and Other Papers "Scientific Autobiography" (1948) (translation by Frank Gaynor)
“I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man!”
“Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one's own acts, done and undone.”
“Jessica, I know I've been...difficult," he said. "All the sameâ€”" "Difficult?" She looked up, her grey eyes wide, "You have been impossible. I begin to think you are not right in the upper storey. I knew you wanted me. The only thing I've never doubted was that. But getting you into bedâ€” you, the greatest whoremonger in Christendomâ€” gad, it was worse than the time I had to drag Bertie to the tooth-drawer. And if you think I mean to be doing that the rest of our days, you had better think again. The next time, my lord, you will do the seducingâ€” or there won't be any, I vow.”

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