"Toni Morrison said, "The function of freedom is to free someone else," and if you are no longer wracked or in bondage to a person or a way of life, tell your story. Risk freeing someone else. Not everyone will be glad that you did. Members of your family and other critics may wish you had kept your secrets. Oh, well, what are you going to do?"

-- Anne Lamott

#Risk Quotes #Secret Quotes #Wish Quotes

“Hymies." And "Hymietown.”
“Now, I don't see color. People tell me I'm white and I believe them because police officers call me 'sir'.”
“The reason Iâ€™m disabled is because I have wounds and injuries that I got while on active duty â€¦ from parachute jumping to combat to gunshot wounds, all that stuff,”
“I think everybody's nuts.”
“However, the Medicare prescription drug benefit has changed, and if the nearly 3,000 seniors I have met through 12 town halls can represent a sample of opinion, many seniors do not yet understand the prescription drug program and do not plan to sign up for coverage.”
“Refusing to deal with numbers rarely serves the interests of the least well-off.”

Source : Thomas Piketty (2014). “Capital in the Twenty-First Century”, p.577, Harvard University Press
“I am glad that I am not raising kids today. And Iâ€™m rather pessimistic that my grandchildren will enjoy the great society that Iâ€™ve enjoyed in my lifetime. I really think itâ€™s coarsened. Itâ€™s coarsened in so many ways. One of the things that upsets me about modern society is the coarseness of manners. You canâ€™t go to a movie â€” or watch a television show for that matter â€” without hearing the constant use of the F-word â€” including, you know, ladies using it. People that I know donâ€™t talk like that!”
“I am proud that my humble attempts to predict Tuesdayâ€™s prices on Monday are an indispensable component of our society. By buying low and selling high, I create harmony and freedom.”

Source : "The Blow-Up Artist". Interview with John Cassidy, www.newyorker.com. October 15, 2007.

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