"Kids know nothing about racism. They're taught that by adults."

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Ruby Bridges

#Kids Quotes #Race Quotes #Racism Quotes

“You cannot love a fellow creature fully till you love God.”
“You are all a lost generation.”
“And the worst part is before it gets any better we're heading for a cliff. And in the free fall I will realize I'm better off when I hit the bottom”
“I feel like I've finally made it as an actor. I've been doing this for years and you don't always make a movie that everybody likes.”
“There's no set designer like your own self; you furnish the mise-en-scÃ¨ne, the wardrobe, the physical proportions of the actor, and the setting. Then radio is doing something that television very rarely achieves.”
“I was told that the privileged and the people formed two nations.”
“I was trying to explain my situation to myself. My situation was that I was in pain and nobody knew it, even I had trouble knowing it. So I told myself, over and over, You are in pain. It was the only way I could get through to myself. I was demonstrating externally and irrefutably an inward condition.”

Source : Susanna Kaysen (2013). “Girl, Interrupted”, p.153, Vintage
“Leadership is anytime you seek to influence the thinking, behavior, or development of others.”

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