"That's what being young is all about. You have the courage and the daring to think that you can make a difference. You're not prone to measure your energies in time. You're not likely to live by equations."

-- Ruby Dee

#Thinking Quotes #Differences Quotes #Making A Difference Quotes

“You have a teacher talking about his gayness. (The elementary school student) goes home then and says "Mom! What's gayness? We had a teacher talking about this today." The mother says "Well, that's when a man likes other men, and they don't like girls." The boy's eight. He's thinking, "Hmm. I don't like girls. I like boys. Maybe I'm gay." And you think, "Oh, that's, that's way out there. The kid isn't gonna think that." Are you kidding? That happens all the time. You don't think that this is intentional, the message that's being given to these kids? That's child abuse.”
“I am an average good Christian, when you don't push my Christianity too far. And all the rest of youâ€”which is a great comfortâ€”are, in this respect, much the same as I am.”
“As though there were a tie And obligation to posterity. We get them, bear them, breed, and nurse: What has posterity done for us. That we, lest they their rights should lose, Should trust our necks to gripe of noose?”

Source : John Trumbull, “M'Fingal - Canto II”
“I like the saying the every setback is a setup for a comeback. Also, "Todos los tigres son iguales" which means all tigers are the same. A fellow reporter once told me that when I was on assignment in Haiti working around the clock.”
“The law limits anyone from serving as president of the United States for more than eight years. And in my opinion - well, eight years is also long enough for an individual to serve as a representative for a specific Congressional district.”
“I think the true rock fans are pretty loyal.”
“Being able to tell one from start to finish, and making that puzzle come together at the end. That's the art for me.”
“My background is in physics, so I was the mission specialist, who is sort of like the flight engineer on an airplane.”

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