"For too long we have swept the problems of mental illness under the carpet... and hoped that they would go away."

-- Richard Codey

#Long Quotes #Bipolar Quotes #Going Away Quotes

“What interested me was not news, but appraisal. What I sought was to grasp the flavor of a man, his texture, his impact, what he stood for, what he believed in, what made him what he was and what color he gave to the fabric of his time.”
“Well to me growing, up I've had my own psychological war with my parents dying at such a young age. My mother was killed by a drunk driver, then two months later my father drowned. He was out with his friends drinking and on medication for depression, and he didn't come out of the water alive. Growing up with sexual abuse and having to be in gangs and dealing with my own trauma; finding the cultural identity when I was 16, and learning those traditional ways saved me from hurting myself.”

Source : "‘Diablo’ Interview: Adam Beach". Interview with Andrew Hawkins, chud.com. January 9, 2016.
“I don't really know what I'm ever looking for, it's kind of like whatever happens to resonate at the time with me.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“To make an absolutely gross generalization, I think a lot of people feel like if you're mixed, more often than not you're quote unquote white. So if you're mixed, you embrace the mainstream culture more than the African-American culture.”

Source : Source: www.thestarscoop.com
“I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students.”
“Every moment each human being is doing the best we know at that moment to meet our needs. We never do anything that is not in the service of a need, there is no conflict on our planet at the level of needs. We all have the same needs. The problem is in strategies for meeting the needs.”
“There's a difference between being yourself and being your stereotype.”

Source : Twitter post from Jan 28, 2015
“Women haven't yet completely exchanged their privileges for their rights.”

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