"We have to use our freedoms and privileges to see what respite we can give to those less equipped to deal with their challenges."

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Source : Chloe Hooper (2009). “Tall Man: The Death of Doomadgee”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

Chloe Hooper

#Giving Quotes #Challenges Quotes #Use Quotes

“At their core, Americans all want the same basic things: a quality education for their children, a good job so they can provide for their families, healthcare and affordable prescription drugs, security during retirement, a strongly equipped military and national security.”
“Dreams, puns, elisions, plays on words and similar tricks that we ordinarily think of as frivolous, all play a surprising and somewhat disconcerting role in the communication of important and serious feelings.”
“However much I may be impressed by the difference between a star and the dark space around it, I must not forget that I can see the two only in relation to each other, and that this relation is inseparable.”
“You take people, you put them on a journey, you give them peril, you find out who they really are.”
“Knowledge indeed is a desirable, a lovely possession.”
“Philosophy is an odd thing... There is no particular Socratic or Dimechian or Kantian way to live your life. They don't offer ethical codes and standards by which to live your life.”
“The moment good taste knows itself, some of its goodness is lost.”
“In many cultures, women are sometimes literally kept from learning to read or from going to school.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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