"Let there be no illusions about the difficulty of forming this kind of a national community. It's tough, difficult, not easy. But a spirit of harmony will survive in America only if each of us remembers that we share a common destiny."

-- Barbara Jordan

#Destiny Quotes #America Quotes #Community Quotes

“Deep in the sun-searched growths the dragonfly Hangs like a blue thread loosened from the sky.”
“Each government minister views the circumstances of each issue differently. An interior minister has a different view of visa liberalization than does a foreign minister.”
“Some of us learn control, more or less by accident. The rest of us go all our lives not even understanding how it is possible, and blaming our failure on being born the wrong way.”
“That's one of the things I haven't had time for in my personal life, is art, and I probably should make more time for it. I also don't have space where I'm living right now to set up a studio, but I'm sure at some point, I will.”
“Once you educate the boys, they tend to leave the villages and go search for work in the cities, but the girls stay home, become leaders in the community, and pass on what theyâ€™ve learned. If you really want to change a culture, to empower women, improve basic hygiene and health care, and fight high rates of infant mortality, the answer is to educate girls.”

Source : Greg Mortenson (2008). “Three Cups Of Tea”, p.329, Penguin UK
“We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.”
“Like most fans of 'So You Think You Can Dance,' I wouldn't know a pasodoble if it beat me with a rake.”
“The Black church is extremely important in Black America. I think most Americans themselves believe in a divine power, in a god, and I'm sure that that number increases with Black people.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org

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