"To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow."

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Source : William Faulkner (2011). “Essays, Speeches & Public Letters”, p.101, Modern Library

William Faulkner

#Life Quotes #Equality Quotes #Race Quotes

“It would be wrong to suggest that Scotland could not be another such successful, independent country.”
“Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile. In protest, I declined election to the National Institute of Arts and Letters some years ago, and now I must decline the Pulitzer Prize.”
“I don't listen to music, actually. Obviously I go to clubs; I stand in elevators; a lot of my friends are musicians; I hear music all the time. But I don't have my own collection of music.”

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“I never really understood the word â€˜lonelinessâ€™. As far as I was concerned, I was in an orgy with the sky and the ocean, and with nature.”

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“It's true: lives do drift apart for no obvious reason. We're all busy people,we can't spend our time simply trying to stay in touch. The test of a friendship is if it can weather these inevitable gaps.”

Source : William Boyd (2003). “Any human heart: a novel”, Alfred a Knopf Inc
“But the leaders of the OIC could not even accept Mahathir's proposal, yet they talk about respect and honour.”
“One of the things I love about acting is other actors, looking into their eyes, and working off them, and listening and responding to them.”
“Then God came to the woman and said to her, "Why did you not keep the commandment?" as if He wanted to say, "At least you, say forgive me, so as to humble your soul and to receive mercy." Again, there was no request for forgiveness. She also answered, "The serpent deceived me," as if she wanted to say, "If the serpent sinned, where is my mistake?"”

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