"People who read books in public places are regarded with suspicion because they appear self-sufficient. When you seem self-sufficient, other people think that you think you're better than them, and they get resentful."

-- Jessica Zafra

#Book Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Self Quotes

“Hidden nature is secret God.”
“I love her and she loves me, and we hate each other with a wild hatred born of love.”
“I feel like talking to people who don't tour, when you talk about touring - obviously we're super blessed and very lucky to be doing what we do - but there are so many weird things that could never happen anywhere else. When I talk to people who don't tour they look at me like I'm being bratty and complaining about this job that I have. It's not that! It's the fact that when I'm home I can exercise every day, I can cook myself good meals, then when I'm on the road for a long time it's like, "There's a Subway. I guess I'm eating a bowl full of lettuce because I don't eat McDonalds."”
“I remember being married to John Barry and trying to be the best wife in the world.”
“The true, unacknowledged purpose of capital punishment is to inspire fear and awe -- fear and awe of the State.”
“A piece of freedom is no longer enough for human beings...unlike bread, a slice of liberty does not finish hunger. Freedom is like life. It cannot be had in installments. Freedom is indivisible--we have it all, or we are not free.”
“I want to take this opportunity to express, one more time, my deep sadness to those countrymen who feel, rightly, that they were victims of my government.”
“Miles Davis, his parents migrated from Arkansas to Illinois, where he had the luxury of being able to practice for hours upon hours. He never would have been able to do that in the cotton country of Arkansas.”

Source : "Journalist Isabel Wilkerson". "Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. October 6, 2010.

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