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“For the longest time, you couldnt even say boys and girls were different. It was taboo in the educational world.”
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“If you sacrifice your art because of some woman, or some man, or for some color, or for some wealth, you can't be trusted.”
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“You don’t get black power by chanting it. You get it by doing what the other groups have done. The Irish kept quiet. They didn’t shout “Irish Powerâ€, “Jew Powerâ€, [or] “Italian Powerâ€. They kept their mouths shut and took over the police department of New York City, and the mayorship of Boston.”
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“I don't go to movies for redemption - if I want that, I'll go to church!”
Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“As my own father was sick, and miserably tied to his invalid's chair, he would have been abandoned had not an old servant performed for him a so-called service of love. My mother gave parties while he was perishing in solitude, and amused herself while he was suffering bitter agonies”
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“Sometimes heroism is nothing more than patience, curiosity, and a refusal to panic.”
Source : Leif Enger (2009). “So Brave, Young, and Handsome: A Novel”, p.287, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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“People aren't born good or bad. Maybe they're born with tendencies either way, but its the way you live your life that matters.”
Source : Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.1078, Simon and Schuster
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“Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed.”