"We are not a problem people, we are people with problems."

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Source : Dorothy Height, Height (2009). “Ebk Open Wide the Freedom Gates: A Memo”, p.218, PublicAffairs

Dorothy Height

#People Quotes #Problem Quotes

“Liberals are more upset when a tree is chopped down than when a child is aborted.”
“All quiet along the Potomac.”

Source : Attributed in the American Civil War.
“I think socialism is really about recognizing that there are limits to what the market can do. The market is very useful; at times it works very well, but it doesn't always work.”
“I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught.”
“No matter what people call you, you are just who you are. Keep to this truth. You must ask yourself how is it you want to live your life. We live and we die, this is the truth that we can only face alone. No one can help us. So consider carefully, what prevents you from living the way you want to live your life?”
“If you can be not afraidï»¿ to be laughed at, you could do so many things.”
“You mustn't take any award so seriously.”
“You are either a Zionist or an anti-Zionist.”

Source : "The sound and the fury" by Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. January 19, 2002.

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