"No one has ever proved that a human being, through his descent from a certain group of people, must of necessity have certain mental characteristics."

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Source : Race and Democratic Society ch. 7 (1945)

Franz Boas

#People Quotes #Justice Quotes #Groups Quotes

“Freedom in Christ allows you to control the desires that once controlled you.”
“Every song I ever wrote, I wrote to be heard. So, if I was given a choice that 50 years from now I could either have a dollar or knowing that some kid was listening to my song, I'd go with the kid listening to my song.”

Source : "Ian MacKaye, D.C. Rocker’s Library Of Congress Lecture: The Most Interesting Snippets" By Will Wrigley, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 14, 2013.
“I hoped you would consider it seriously instead of laughing at it.' 'Mr. Chamkanni said much the same thing in bed the first night home from the hospital”
“Think of Slide as a giant media network for people to transmit information. The content that's in there now has been provided by users - it's whatever they want it to be.”
“It's looks like someone slapped you in the face with a fruit roll-up or something!”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We become intoxicated with color, with words that speak of color, and with the sun that makes colors brighter.”
“The only way [the book can be written] is to set the unbook-the gilt-framed portrait of the book-right there on the altar and sacrifice it, truly sacrifice it. Only then may the book, the real live flawed finite book, slowly, sentence by carnal sentence, appear.”
“Just as you wouldn't leave the house without taking a shower, you shouldn't start the day without at least 10 minutes of sacred practice: prayer, meditation, inspirational reading.”

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