"There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant."

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H. Rap Brown

#Second Chance Quotes #Class Quotes #Littles Quotes

“What has kept the world safe from the bomb since 1945 has not been deterrence, in the sense of fear of specific weapons, so much as it's been memory. The memory of what happened at Hiroshima.”

Source : "Hiroshima's fate, 70 years ago this week, must not be forgotten" by Andrew Anthony, www.theguardian.com. August 2, 2015.
“Personalism's insistence that only personality-finite and infinite-is ultimately real strengthened me in two convictions: it gave me metaphysical and philosophical grounding for the idea of a personal God, and it gave me a metaphysical basis for the dignity and worth of all human personality.”
“I see blindness more as an ability and sight more as a disability because there are some people with sight who tend to judge others by what they see on the outside but I don't see that. I don't see the skin color, the hair style or the clothing people wear; I only see that which is within a person.”
“Can't find a reason why God gave you to me. But that's not a question to be asked. May be question is how did God knew that I needed someone like you Love is like pi - natural, irrational, and very important.”
“Trial by jury must be preserved. It is the best system ever invented for a free people in the world's history.”
“99.9% of being a good parent is just being present with your child. On the flipside of that, 100% of being happy is just being present.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I donâ€™t like writing for comedians. I like writing for actors. The best comedians are the best actors.”
“We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not.”

Source : Joan Didion (2006). “We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live: Collected Nonfiction”, Everyman's Library

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