"Your average white liberal might agree with social justice in principle, and yet live quite comfortably as a "winner" in a nation whose social institutions - characterized by political exclusion, exploitation, and unequal access to resources - have systematically made others lose out. But here's the thing. Maybe it's time to get uncomfortable and upset. Maybe those feelings can be acted upon."

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Emily Raboteau

#Justice Quotes #Political Quotes #Upset Quotes

“I grew up a misfit. I never fit in.”

Source : "DA MAN Exclusive: Joe Manganiello Of 'True Blood'". Interview with M. Berlian, daman.co.id. September 20, 2012.
“God has set popes over kings and kingdoms.”
“we cannot cure the evils of politics with politics ...”
“His blessings and His provisions for us are based entirely on HIS GOODNESS and HIS FAITHFULNESS.”
“Really, most of us just focus on what's in front of us. We're too busy putting out the fires of everyday life.”
“If any man has drunk a little too deeply from the cup of physical pleasure; if he has spent too much time at his desk that should have been spent asleep; if his fine spirits have become temporarily dulled; if he finds the air too damp, the minutes too slow, and the atmosphere too heavy to withstand; if he is obsessed by a fixed idea which bars him from any freedom of thought: if he is any of these poor creatures, we say, let him be given a good pint of amber-flavored chocolate... and marvels will be performed.”
“The first path a human being ever travels is the path that leads out of the maternal womb. Every human being's first labyrinth is that of a woman.”
“I remember thinking that people were crazy for reading the same book more than once, but I now have a new-found appreciation for the re-discovery of literature. The lessons we learned from books in the school curriculum are reinvented and updated when we read as adults.”

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