"For the multiculturalist, white Anglo-Saxon Protestants are prohibited, Italians and Irish get a little respect, blacks are good, native Americans are even better. The further away we go, the more they deserve respect. This is a kind of inverted, patronising respect that puts everyone at a distance."

-- Slavoj Å½iÅ¾ek

#Distance Quotes #Native American Quotes #White Quotes

“To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all.”
“To girls and women everywhere, I issue a simple invitation. My sisters, my daughters, my friends; find your voice”
“When anyone says they often think something, it means they've just thought of it now.”

Source : Michael Frayn (2009). “Alphabetical Order”, p.8, A&C Black
“I met wonderful people playing in the NBA. Whether it is the officials, the scorekeepers, all the people who work for the NBA, not just for the Lakers, but I'm talking about just for the league itself.”
“Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.”
“There's a rumor that NBC is going to have Tom Brokaw fill in temporarily as the NBC News anchor. When asked why, a network spokesperson said, 'Because the only other NBC person we have is Bill Cosby.'”
“It's no longer good enough for us to tell kids who are different that it's gonna get better. We have to make it better now.”
“If art is the poetic interpretation of nature, photography is the exact translation; it is exactitude in art or the complement of art. (1854)”

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