"Poor people of all colors are getting poorer and our communities are getting more toxic. There is a misconception that to grow our economy we will have to do business as usual, because cleaning up the environment, mitigating climate change is just too costly. Well, I say the business of poverty is just too expensive a bill for humanity to pay any longer."

-- Majora Carter

#Color Quotes #People Quotes #Community Quotes

“I asked a couple of months ago if anyone would like to start picketing the gas stations.”
“I want that which is hilarious and that which is heartbreaking to occupy the same territory in the book because I think they very often occupy the same territory in life, much as we try to separate them.”
“If I were to pick a language to use today other than Java, it would be Scala”
“It was one of the most exciting, perfect evenings of my life, my solo debut at Carnegie Hall. And knowing we were all there to raise money for Gay Men's Health Crisis made the evening an extraordinary experience.”
“I expected Dracula to come jumping out any second. If he did I'd have held up a cross, cause he's allergic to bullshit.”
“I'm never bored, never ever bored. If I've got a day off I'll sit in a cafe and watch and observe. I'm a great observer.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of courage.”
“What a relationship looks like on the outside isn't the same as what it's like on the inside. You can be more in love with someone in your mind than with the person you see every day.”

Source : Jean Kwok (2010). “Girl in Translation”, p.151, Penguin

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