"All novels are about certain minorities: the individual is a minority."

-- Ralph Ellison

#Minorities Quotes #Individual Quotes #Certain Quotes

“I sipped my own coffee, heavy on the sugar and cream, trying to make up for the late work the night before. Caffeine and sugar, the two basic food groups.”
“The aim is freedom conscience and truth”
“I never worry about the social backlash against my work because I'm a man in a dress, and somehow American society creates a buffer on how severe things are when you put a man in a dress.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Writers themselves don't analyze what they do; to analyze would be to look down while crossing a canyon on a tightrope.”
“Prayer in action is love, and love in action is service. Try to give unconditionally whatever a person needs in the moment. The point is to do something, however small, and show you care through your actions by giving your time ... Do not worry about why problems exist in the world - just respond to people's needs ... We feel what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean, but that ocean would be less without that drop.”
“There is an honourable tradition in British public life that those charged with authority at the top of an organisation should accept responsibility for what happens in that organisation. I am therefore writing to the prime minister today to tender my resignation as chairman of the BBC.”

Source : "Resignation statement by Gavyn Davies", www.theguardian.com. January 28, 2004.
“What's got me excited about the education space is the growth of the Internet over the next 10, 20, 30 years.”
“My mom wore the pants in the family, for sure. I always say, that I spent my childhood trying to get the love and attention of my mom, and now I can't get rid of it.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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