"No matter what race we are, what ethnic background, sexual orientation, or what views we may have, we are all human. Unfortunately, not all humans see it that way."

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Source : The Freedom Writers, Erin Gruwell (2007). “The Freedom Writers Diary (Movie Tie-in Edition): How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them”, p.46, Broadway Books

Erin Gruwell

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“In corporate culture, in sports culture, in the media, we honor those who win at all costs.”
“There was a moment when the Berlin Wall came down and some people felt, "Oh capitalism won. That's the ideology we can believe in now."”
“Americans have a penchant for the future and tend to disregard the past.”
“Right now, I'm standing behind the glass, and I guess that's a metaphor for how my life will be going forward.”
“To simply sit here and know the tenderness of being alive means being drenched in love.”
“Ill be honest - I never saw myself making a ninja movie, never entertained the idea. I think ninja films can be quite cheesy unless you do them in feudal Japan.”
“I can't ask the offense to score slower.”
“I believe that 'advocacy journalism' is not an oxymoron. If that means that I'm going to disrupt the cable, partisan fracas of obsession over what this means from left and right, then so be it. I will be disruptive of it.”

Source : "Chris Cuomo Is About to Get Mad as Hell on CNN". Interview with Sam Thielman, www.adweek.com. June 16, 2013.

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