"In the real world, equal respect for all cultures doesn't translate into a rich mosaic of colorful and proud peoples interacting peacefully while maintaining a delightful diversity of food and craftwork. It translates into closed pockets of oppression, ignorance, and abuse."

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Source : Ayaan Hirsi Ali (2011). “Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations”, p.213, Simon and Schuster

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

#Real Quotes #Ignorance Quotes #Diversity Quotes

“We have become a sloppy bunch of people. We say things we donâ€™t mean. We make promises we donâ€™t keep.”
“I'm concerned, too, about ISIS' ability, right, to infiltrate people. But we have got some very effective, robust processes for vetting people. We brought in thousands of Iraqi refugees after the Iraq War. Not a single one has ever turned out to be a terrorist because the vetting was so good.”

Source : Source: abcnews.go.com
“You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts ...”

Source : Nikki Giovanni (1992). “Conversations with Nikki Giovanni”, p.186, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“I think it's kind of nice, in this day and age of instant gratification, that you have to wait for something.”
“The justification for those actions was that we were living in a very hard, predatory, cloak-and-dagger world and that the only way to deal with a totalitarian enemy was to intimidate him. The trouble with this theory was that while we live in a world of plot and counterplot, we also live in a world of cause and effect. Whatever the cause for the decision to legitimize and regularize deceit abroad, the inevitable effect was the practice of deceit at home.”
“I took my time to find the perfect girl.”
“Now is the time to scrub ideology out of the energy discussion, so we can make bi-partisan progress towards investing in a shared and better future.”
“Leaves are verbs that conjugate the seasons.”

Source : Gretel Ehrlich (1986). “The Solace of Open Spaces”, Penguin Group USA

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