"Their suffering is intense, widespread, expanding, systematic and socially sanctioned. And the victims are unable to organize in defence of their own interests."

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Henry Spira

#Suffering Quotes #Systematic Quotes #Intense Quotes

“Purring is not so different from praying. To a tree, a cat's purr is one of the purest of all prayers, for in it lies a whole mixture of gratitude and longing, the twin ingredients of every prayer.”

Source : Kathi Appelt (2012). “The Underneath”, p.83, Simon and Schuster
“A programming language is like a natural, human language in that it favors certain methaphors, images, and ways of thinking.”
“It is an indication of Chelski's warped finances that even successive titles can be regarded as failure. Spend unprecedented sums and only unprecedented success can be commensurate. Chelski won't get the credit they think they deserve because of the money they've spent. There's Â£300m worth of difference between a victory and an achievement.”
“Never had there been such an opportunity for the dissemination of knowledgeâ€¦. But the obverse is also true. We can have thrust upon us a false picture of reality as distorting as the trick mirrors in a Coney Island funhouse.”
“As Estelle Jussim wrote, it is almost impossible for a single photograph to state both the problem and the solution.”
“I hate him for himself, but despise him for the memories he revives.”
“Songs will always become a story in some way. I think it's my strongpoint as a writer musically. I don't shy away from it. It's not really an effort. It's how I write songs.”
“We haven't the time to take out time.”

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