"Whatever the white man has done, we have done, and often better."

-- Mary McLeod Bethune

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“Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.”
“Far from being a â€œluxury for the rich,â€ organic farming may turn out to be a necessity not just for the poor, but for everyone.”
“All things are God's already; we can give him no right, by consecrating any, that he had not before, only we set it apart to his service - just as a gardener brings his master a basket of apricots, and presents them; his lord thanks him, and perhaps gives him something for his pains, and yet the apricots were as much his lord's before as now.”

Source : John Selden (1819). “Table talk: being the discourses of John Selden, esq”, p.44
“If something bothers me, it bothers me for a long time until I find a way to work it out. Music provided me with a means of working things out.”
“In the theater, everything is ephemeral. Everything is almost weightless and without a very clear definition of how you made it.”

Source : "Rafael Viñoly Takes The Opera Stage". Interview with Zachary Woolfe, observer.com. July 26, 2011.
“We tend to outdo ourselves.”
“I believe everyone should have the same rights. They say gay marriage ruins families and hurts kids. Well, I've had the privilege of seeing my gay friends being parents and watching their kids grow up in a loving environment.”
“While I relish our warm months, winter forms our character and brings out our best.”

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