"My culture and my language have the right to exist, and no one has the authority to dismiss that."

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Source : 1994 Speech at the Booker Prize award ceremony, 11 Oct.

James Kelman

#Culture Quotes #Language Quotes #Authority Quotes

“Making other people happy is what brings me happiness. I have a blessed life, and I have always shared my life's gifts with others. I will continue to use my voice and my life as a catalyst for encouraging people to help make a difference in the lives of others.”
“I don't belong to any denomination or religion, I just belong to God.”
“The question is not whether we want to keep this open, neutral Internet - we do, or should - but whether government rulemaking can give us the result we want.”
“In high school I was a jazz nerd, listened to a lot of Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk and stuff like that. Maybe in Harry Pussy I was listening to more horn players.”
“If your fear is talking to people, then go out and talk to people. You will find it just keeps getting easier and there's really nothing to be afraid of. However, I can tell you that if I stop for a month, it starts to seem scary again. So, the easiest way to fend off fear is to attack it, embrace it.”
“People want honest, flavourful food, not some show-off meal that takes days to prepare.”
“[The purpose of a written constitution is] to bind up the several branches of government by certain laws, which, when they transgress, their acts shall become nullities; to render unnecessary an appeal to the people, or in other words a rebellion, on every infraction of their rights, on the peril that their acquiescence shall be construed into an intention to surrender those rights.”
“I drink blood, you eat tacos, get the f*ck over it!" -Michel Glass”

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