"I think we need to develop the courage to write from the viewpoint of people who may seem quite different from ourselves, who might have a different sexual orientation or a different race or a different ethnicity."

-- Alice Mattison

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Race Quotes

“I'm fifty-six years old - I'm as old as rock 'n roll.”
“I've never been able to feel that there is anything undignified about making your living by the sweat of your brow.”
“A lot of comics just joke around, but it's just as important to get the truth out there.”

Source : Source: brightestyoungthings.com
“Mark Ryden is my favorite visual artist.”
“You must never behave as if your life belongs to a man. Do you hear me?' Aunty Ifeka said. 'Your life belongs to you and you alone.”

Source : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2008). “Half of a Yellow Sun”, p.283, Anchor
“I'd rather be overweight and curvy than super thin with no curves. I'm proud of my body.”
“The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which other rights are protected. To take away this right is to reduce a man to slavery, for slavery consists in being subject to the will of another, and he that has not a vote in the election of representatives is in this case.”
“It's funny how you can forget everything except people loving you. Maybe that's why humans find it so hard getting over love affairs. It's not the pain they're getting over, it's the love.”

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