"Racism is cruel and unjust. It cuts deep and lingers long in individual and community memories. And it is not a thing of the past....We all have a duty to do what we can to turn this around."

-- William Deane

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“You want to buy cars and houses and castles, all of that's on you and how America has systematized your mind to be into materialism. Hip-hop ain't got nothing to do with that. I'm glad that anybody making money has picked themselves up - I just want them to give some of it back to the community.”

Source : "The Man Who Invented Hip Hop" by Zack O'Malley Greenburg, www.forbes.com. July 9, 2009.
“Equality of opportunity is not enough. Unless we create an environment where everyone is guaranteed some minimum capabilities through some guarantee of minimum income, education, and healthcare, we cannot say that we have fair competition. When some people have to run a 100 metre race with sandbags on their legs, the fact that no one is allowed to have a head start does not make the race fair. Equality of opportunity is absolutely necessary but not sufficient in building a genuinely fair and efficient society.”

Source : Whitney M. Young (1964). “To be equal”
“If you see the intersection of time and space, you experience complete freedom of being. This state of existence is completely beyond any idea of time, space, or being. In that liberated state you can see fundamental truth and the phenomenal world simultaneously. That is called Buddha's world. That is the place where all sentient beings exist, so you can stand up there and see all beings, myriad beings. Then you know very clearly, through your own emotional and intellectual understanding, how all beings exist.”

Source : Dainin Katagiri (2008). “Each Moment Is the Universe: Zen and the Way of Being Time”, p.75, Shambhala Publications
“The carbon tax is the single biggest rolled gold example of Federal Labor not listening.”

Source : "New Qld Premier calls for greater independence from Commonwealth". "AM" with Sabra Lane, www.abc.net.au. April 13, 2012.
“Have fun, that's what it's all about. People get stressed over it... Let competition eat them up. That's not me, I just get in and have fun. That's what I'm here to do: Have fun and make some money doing it.”
“Reasonable regulations regarding the ownership of weapons are appropriate”
“I miss New York terribly. There is no place like the city. I miss people-watching. I miss the nightlife. I miss the food. There are so many options in New York City.”
“How can I be my best if I never fail, and how can I ever find peace if I never yell.”

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