"Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people had little cargo of our own?"

-- Jared Diamond

#White Quotes #People Quotes #Black Quotes

“A Senegalese poet said 'In the end we will conserve only what we love. We love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught.' We must learn about other cultures in order to understand, in order to love, and in order to preserve our common world heritage.”
“I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.”
“I could see that making judgments about people so that they are tried and sentenced in your head, without asking them for their perspective, is both unethical and unproductive. So I learned to love real integrity and to despise the lack of it.”
“In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders.”

Source : Steve Allen (1994). “Reflections”
“Is there a sharper commentary on American culture and the world than The Simpsons?”
“As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.”
“The word 'romance,' according to the dictionary, means excitement, adventure, and something extremely real. Romance should last a lifetime.”
“Love isnâ€™t only passion and joy. Itâ€™s also sacrifice.”

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