"I wish she'd said something different, but patriarchy is as prevalent around the world as racism and xenophobia are. We can't hide from it, not even here."

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Source : Raquel Cepeda (2014). “Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina”, p.185, Simon and Schuster

Raquel Cepeda

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“When you appoint someone, you appoint somebody because of their character, their convictions, their abilities. And not because you have a belief, a confidence, in a foreordained outcome in any given decision.”
“The consciousness of lucid dreaming is a cultural evolution. It's something that we are talking about and learning about, not biological evolution.”

Source : "The Edge of Dreaming". PBS Live Chat, www.pbs.org. August 24, 2010.
“I try to make concrete that which is abstract.”

Source : Response to questionnaire circulated to the Cubists by Amédée Ozenfant and Le Corbusier, editors of "L'Esprit Nouveau" # 5, February 1921.
“If you have fun when you practice, you may also learn more and perform better”
“The Psalms wrap nouns and verbs around our pain better than any other book.”
“I needed to do my current job well, keep preparing, and wait on God's timing. I needed to trust His leadership rather than try to force an outcome I wanted.”
“You may meditate on whatever you like, but I shall meditate on the heart of a lion. That gives strength”
“The single most important thing a city can do is provide a community where interesting, smart people want to live with their families.”

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