"You do not know me, but I am a juvenile delinquent. I do not trust authority figures, I probably will not graduate from high school, and statistics say my present rowdiness and vandalism will likely lead to more serious crimes. I am a dangerous fellow, and I am causing mayhem in this store. [...] There. I have now shamelessly destroyed the symmetry of this shelf, undoing hours of labor by underpaid store employees. If you could see me, you would be frightened."

-- Katherine Applegate

#School Quotes #Statistics Quotes #Vandalism Quotes

“You're my depth gauge. If I see your hat floatin', I'll stop.”
“One of the greatest misconceptions about Theodore Roosevelt - in his time and ours - is that he was impetuous.”
“A little snark, properly directed, can change the world.”
“We're here on Earth to fart around”
“But the indisputable fact is, a huge percentage of Obama's voters are basically wards of the state. There are millions of them, and they have no intention of voting for anyone who might want them to ever go out and work for a living - 'no matter what.”
“If a man keeps cherishing his old knowledge so as continually to be acquiring new, he may be a teacher of others.”
“Most words evolved as a description of the outside world, hence their inadequacy to describe what is going on inside me.”
“I hope they look at me and think, 'That lady looks like she accepts herself.'”

Source : "Tracee Ellis Ross Looks Chic on Essence's "Black Women in Hollywood" Double Cover, Talks black-ish Success" by Zach Johnson, www.eonline.com. February 10, 2015.

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