"I am persuaded that the rights of woman, like the rights of slaves, need only be examined to be understood and asserted."

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Source : Sarah Moore Grimké, Mary S. Parker (1838). “Letters on the equality of the sexes, and the condition of woman: Addressed to Mary S. Parker”, p.15

Sarah Moore Grimke

“The minds of the everlasting gods are not changed suddenly.”
“Stick to the script like paper clips and coffee stains Never let a seed of doubt deter you from your lofty aims The will is much stronger than the flesh And it only gets stronger when you going through duress Imagination is the factory that makes legends Close your eyes and dream B.I.G. like Faith Evans”

Source : "Close Your Eyes". Song by Jay Electronica, Lucy Liu and The Bullitts, April 2011.
“I believe in giving everything my best shot. I do not believe in holding back. I am very driven by the fact that we are destined with these opportunities.”
“You know you're old if they have discontinued your blood type.”
“The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursuing his education.”
“Put any two people together and each will seek ways of feeling superior to the other. If a ship went down in the Pacific and a single sailor managed to swim to a desert island, would he be pleased to see, ten minutes later, another sailor emerging from the surf? Quite possibly - but only if the new arrival accepted that the first man was now a landed aristocrat while he himself was an illegal immigrant.”

Source : Michael Foley (2012). “Embracing the Ordinary: Lessons From the Champions of Everyday Life”, p.254, Simon and Schuster
“The whole time you're bouncing ideas off each other, you continue to try and push the songs as far as you can take them and make them the best that they can be.”
“Luckily my parents were not against my ambition, they've always been very supportive. But they were adamant that I went to university first.”

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