"Many activists don't want to hear about some grand narrative, one that could unify all of our struggles. So the major issue that needs to be addressed is how to get people to see that there is indeed a grand narrative which just happens to be true."

-- Michael Yates

#Struggle Quotes #Issues Quotes #People Quotes

“These two entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are not facing any kind of financial crisis. The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.”

Source : The New York Times, September 11, 2003.
“His divine spark lives within me, a presence that will never leave. And I am but one of many tools He has at His disposal. If I cannot act - if I refuse to act - that is a choice I am allowed to make. He has given me life, and all I must do to serve Him is to live. Fully and with my whole heart. With this knowledge comes a true understanding of all the gifts He has given me.”
“I want to win an Oscar. I want to be known for more than, like, going out. For being the 'party girl'. I hate that. I bust my ***** when I'm filming and when I have time off, yeah, I like to go out and dance.”
“It is always a risk to speak to the press: they are likely to report what you say.”
“I have dangerous bones in my body.”
“Is that a birthday? 'tis, alas! too clear; 'Tis but the funeral of the former year.”
“Mitt Romney subscribes to the cynical logic that says the American dream belongs to some of us but not all of us.”

Source : "The American Dream belongs to all of us". Interview with Suzanne Malveaux, edition.cnn.com. September 6, 2012.
“Think of all the human suffering caused by the sad truth that beautiful sexy women or handsome Porsche-owning men often prove to have miserable genes for other traits”

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