"I had met far more discrimination because I am a woman than because I am black."

-- Shirley Chisholm

#Black Quotes #Discrimination Quotes #Mets Quotes

“I would love to eat a really great burger, but it doesn't exist in our part of the world.”
“Books keep the mind active. Without them, complacency is a huge danger.”

Source : Source: www.sjboysread.org
“love is tied to truth. I think of them as unhappily conjoined twins.”
“A starving child is a frightful sight. A starving vampire, even worse.”
“Believe that there is a purpose in your pain.”
“I guess I don't believe that death is the end.”
“The Man of a Thousand Voices”
“I spent a lot of my childhood in my own head, making up stories. I didn't have a lot of outside influences, so I was able to make my own decisions about what I wanted to do.”

Source : "Wil Wheaton" by Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. November 20, 2002.

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