"One moves swiftly and imperceptibly from a world in which affirmative action can`t be ended because its beneficiaries are too weak to a world in which it can`t be ended because its beneficiaries are too strong."

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Source : Christopher Caldwell (2009). “Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam and the West”, p.313, Penguin UK

Christopher Caldwell

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“Unfortunately, most people do not stop to feel their tiredness. Faced with the pressures of life, they believe that it is a matter of survival to go on as they have been. Feeling tired raises a deep fear that they may not be able to continue the struggle. Many find it difficult to say, â€˜I canâ€™t.â€™ As children, they were taught that where thereâ€™s a will, thereâ€™s a way. To say, â€˜I canâ€™t,â€™ is to admit failure, which is seen as evidence that they are unworthy of love.”
“In high school, I was one of the cofounders of New Kids on the Block my freshman year in high school. But I also started studying theatre in high school my freshman year as well. So throughout high school, I was actually doing both.”
“He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.”
“It's hard to believe, but anything can happen. Accidents do happen, unfortunately, it happened at the worst time.”
“If the body is pampered, the mind is free to concentrate.”
“I fell in love with traveling and thought being a photographer would be an interesting way to travel and make a living.”
“If I have to speak in public, I am terrified.”
“The new, though engaging at times, may often start as offensive to us. The latter is often proof of the worth of this, while in the long run it will receive more recognition, than some, of what we liked so much in the beginning.”

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