"People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. After a while, people just think oppression is the normal state of things. But to become free, you have to be acutely aware of being a slave."

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Source : Assata Shakur (1987). “Assata: An Autobiography”, p.277, Zed Books

Assata Shakur

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Tolerance Quotes

“Donâ€™t spend your time on and give your heart to any guy who makes you wonder about anything related to his feelings for you”
“When I got into art school, I thought it was paradise. I wanted to be an artist so much that I was really driven and nothing could stop me.”
“I don't have anything that I treasure at all. They're just things. I tend to buy an awful lot of stuff, like clothes and things. But I wouldn't be bothered if my house burns down tomorrow.”
“When I began to read, I began to exist”
“There is no success without sacrifice. If you succeed without sacrifice it is because someone has suffered before you. If you sacrifice without success it is because someone will succeed after.”
“I try not to have too much of an ego. I'll do anything”
“There's nothing sexier than a lapsed Catholic.”
“I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.”

Source : Cosmopolitan, Oct. 1906

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