"Why is it so difficult for many white folks to understand that racism is oppressive not because white folks have prejudicial feelings about blacks (they could have such feelings and leave us alone) but because it is a system that promotes domination and subjugation?"

-- Bell Hooks

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“... character reigns preeminent in determining potential.”

Source : Laura Hillenbrand (2003). “Seabiscuit: An American Legend”, p.408, Ballantine Books
“Because you lack a noble and successful past is no reason why you should lack a noble and successful future.”
“Hockey is our big sport, and if you fight in hockey you get five minutes for it, that's it. So in Canada, everyone is fighting.”

Source : "Five Minutes With Jeremy Hotz". Interview with Rick Chand, deadspin.com. May 2, 2007.
“I just always felt like animals are spirit guides. I really like animals, I've always felt really drawn to them; they have this energy and magnetism.”
“There hath not one tear dropped from thy tender eye against thy lusts, the love of this world, or for more communion with Jesus Christ, but as it is now in the bottle of God.”
“I say I'm not shy, but... Acting is a very vulnerable experience, and you've got to be really confident to put yourself out there to be judged.”
“You know, I'm cursed with morals. I was raised a certain way. I wish I wasn't. I wish I was raised by wolves.”

Source : "Carson Daly: 'I'm Living Proof That the Good Guys Win'". Interview with Mickey Rapkin, www.elle.com. April 19, 2012.
“So I think that is from the European perspective, for the European future, this engagement can be one of the most important and effective decisions in the last 50 years maybe.”

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