"The early 20th Century was probably the high tide of global white supremacy - I'm going to call it that because that's how people thought of it - and to be specific, Anglo-Saxon supremacy: The idea that white Anglo-Saxon Protestants were at the top of the world, representing the highest achievement possible for all of humanity, with Darwin's theories being used to prop up this belief."

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Source : Source: www.macleans.ca

George Elliott Clarke

#Ideas Quotes #White Quotes #People Quotes

“All my interesting stories are from before I was on television. Nothing interesting has happened to me since then. Maybe it's because the most interesting thing in my life is the show and that's on telly.”
“I was slightly cynical of the American mentality before I came over here, but now I preach it. Here, no one's going to tear you down if you buy yourself a $300,000 car. They're likely to say: "Well, you probably worked hard for it. Good luck to you."”
“The great thing about the business is how Darwinian it is. We have to swim or die - if you are found wanting over a period of time, you've either got to change what you're doing or find something else to do.”
“BOAT = Break Out Another Thousand”
“Climate change has happened because of human behaviour, therefore itâ€™s only natural it should be us, human beings, to address this issue. It may not be too late if we take decisive actions today.”
“I can't stand a ballplayer who plays in fear.”
“Why did death make life taste so much sweeter? Why could the heart love only what it could also lose?”

Source : Cornelia Funke (2011). “Inkdeath”, p.435, Chicken House
“Fortune makes many loans, but gives no presents.”

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