"Whether you have a Ph.D., or no D, we're in this bag together. And whether you're from Morehouse or Nohouse, we're still in this bag together. Not to fight to try to liberate ourselves from the men - this is another trick to get us fighting among ourselves - but to work together with the black man, then we will have a better chance to just act as human beings, and to be treated as human beings in our sick society."

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Fannie Lou Hamer

#Fighting Quotes #Men Quotes #Sick Quotes

“Scientists care deeply about their place in that culture, and their contribution to it.”
“As an English player you are lifted when the crowd gets behind you. The atmosphere over here can be unsettling for the Australian players and I hope all our fans get behind us.”
“I love dressing up and doing the red carpet every once in a while, but I am very much a jeans kinda girl, so it's all a little embarrassing for me.”
“He [Andy Roddick] doesn't make mistakes, only when he has to.”
“Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.”
“I build myself up with confidence with aggression, and confidence to control the game. If you're the bowler and you've got the ball in your hand you're controlling the game, so you've got to make sure the batsmen knows who's boss.”
“I've really carelessly gotten out of relationships that were incredibly destructive instead of being honest.”
“Today the greatest single deterrent to knowledge of Jesus is His familiarity. Because we think we know Him, we pass Him by.”

Source : Winifred Margaretta Kirkland (1929). “The Great Conjecture: Who is this Jesus?”, New York : H. Holt

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