"Problem with segregation isn't that people can't live in peaceful harmony singing "Kumbaya" - although that wouldn't be bad. The problem is that many of these Whitopian communities are taking state, local, and federal resources with them."

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Source : "Journey into the Heart of Whiteness". Interview with Elizabeth Gettelman, www.motherjones.com. December 23, 2009.

Richard Benjamin

#People Quotes #Community Quotes #Peaceful Quotes

“Fear is the lock and laughter the key to your heart.”

Source : Song: Suite: Judy Blue Eyes, 2007
“I've realized skinny isn't necessarily attractive. Guys like girls with curves.”
“The confessions don't speak with one voice. They are more like a cluster of closely-related but distinct voices - a kind of choir, if you like.”
“Be suspicious of any work that is not building product or gettingÂ customers.”
“...she moved about in a mental cloud of many-coloured idealities, which eclipsed all sinister contingencies by its brightness.”
“If, while hurrying ostensibly to the temple of truth, we hand the reins over to our personal interests which look aside at very different guiding stars, for instance at the tastes and foibles of our contemporaries, at the established religion, but in particular at the hints and suggestions of those at the head of affairs, then how shall we ever reach the high, precipitous, bare rock whereon stands the temple of truth?”
“During our journey there were two occasions that we celebrated by honoring someone's talent. Everyone is recognized by a special party, but it has nothing to do with age or birthdate - it is in recognition of uniqueness and contribution to life. They believe that the purpose for the passage of time is to allow a person to become better, wiser, to express more and more of one's beingness. So if you are a better person this year than last, and only you know that for certain, then you call for a party. When you say you are ready, everyone honors that.”
“I'm here in the mountains, in the foothills of the Catskills.”

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