"Racism does not limit itself to biology or economics or psychology or metaphysics; it attacks along many fronts and in many forms, deploying whatever is at hand, and even what is not, inventing when the need arises."

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Source : Albert Memmi (2000). “Racism”, p.78, U of Minnesota Press

Albert Memmi

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“It is a grave error for any leader to be oversensitive in the face of criticism”
“I like real art. It's difficult to define 'real' but it is the best word for describing what I like to get out of art and what the best art has. It has the ability to convince you that it's present - that it's there. You could say it's authentic... but real is actually a better word, broad as it may be.”
“But jest apart--what virtue canst thou trace In that broad trim that hides thy sober face? Does that long-skirted drab, that over-nice And formal clothing, prove a scorn of vice? Then for thine accent--what in sound can be So void of grace as dull monotony?”
“There aren't any small parts, only small paychecks.”

Source : "Is Joey Pants in Elektra?". Interview with Caffeinated Clin, moviehole.net. December 30, 2004.
“It takes tremendous will to compete in any athletic endeavor, so it meant going to bed early and getting my homework done in advance. I had to sacrifice things, like a social life, to be a skater at 15. But I loved skating so much that it was worth everything to me.”
“It's actually really great to be a student and an actor, because I get to do this job that I love, then just when I think my head might explode, I get to go to school where they don't really care about what magazine cover I'm on.”
“Most English talk is a quadrille in a sentry-box.”
“I'd like to have sex with myself.”

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