"A Negro who does not vote is ungrateful to those who have already died in the fight for freedom. ... Any person who does not vote is failing to serve the cause of freedom - his own freedom, his people's freedom, and his country's freedom."

-- Constance Baker Motley

#Country Quotes #Fighting Quotes #People Quotes

“The argument that somehow we've got to get rid of minority scholarships so that we can have a free and fair America implies that we have a colorblind society where minorities are equal in their pursuit of funds to go to school.”
“The narrower we define autism, and the more strictly we control for particular behaviors, the more likely we are to find what I think are the subgroups of autism.”

Source : "Conversations on Creativity with Darold Treffert, Part II: D". Interview with Scott Barry Kaufman, www.psychologytoday.com. April 13, 2011.
“I'm not involved in any Philadelphia-related game or situation. When people claim I'm going to have a "vendetta" against every other Eastern Conference team I don't understand the logic: I'm not the one doling out the punishment.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“I'm very picky when it comes to men. I come across a man who I'm really attracted to about once every five years.”
“The consummate gentleman on the planet today is George Clooney, who never fails to go the extra mile for people. Every person matters to George.”
“The truly wise man is he who always believes the Bible against the opinions of any man.”
“Itâ€™s always summer somewhere.”
“Match me such marvel, save in Eastern clime, A rose-red city'half as old asTime'!”

Source : John William Burgon (1846). “Petra, a Poem: To which a Few Short Poems are Now Added”, p.24

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