"In 1855, a former American slave remarked: "Tisn't he who has stood and looked on, that can tell you what slavery is - tis he who has endured."I think the same holds true for women's rights. The incredulity in the question, "What rights don't women have presently that they are marching about?" reflects a troubling disconnect that comes from power and privilege."

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Source : Source: www.patheos.com

Carolyn Custis James

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“Most people assume that meditation is all about stopping thoughts, getting rid of emotions, somehow controlling the mind. But actually it's ... about stepping back, seeing the thought clearly, witnessing it coming and going.”
“I wanted the American public to know that not everyone in Iraq and Afghanistan were targets that needed to be neutralized, but rather people who were struggling to live in the pressure cooker environment of what we call asymmetric warfare.”
“Donâ€™t judge people on who they used to be. Allow them to be who they are now.”
“I hate superheroes. I always hated superheroes. From the time I was a little kid, I could believe in a 50-foot gorilla trashing New York City before I could believe a guy would put on long tights and bat ears and go and fight crime. Like, the fantasy never made sense to me, on a basic level.”

Source : Interview with Chris Dahlen, www.avclub.com. July 23, 2009.
“I learned when I started to study piano that I could play by ear. I could hear a song on the radio a couple of times and hear the song and the lyrics and sing it for you after a couple of plays.”

Source : "Ronnie Milsap's Gospel Music". Interview with Scott Ross, www.cbn.com.
“I don't mind if my skull ends up on a shelf as long as it's got my name on it.”
“If two percent of all the films made in Hollywood are really artistically worthy - and I think it's a lot more than two percent - that's a pretty big percentage of things that will outlive their own generation.”

Source : "The 'Next Big Thing' at the Box Office". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. January 2, 2008.
“You look beautiful - David”

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