"It is the curse of minorities in this power-worshipping world that either from fear or from an uncertain policy of expedience they distrust their own standards and hesitate to give voice to their deeper convictions, submitting supinely to estimates and characterizations of themselves as handed down by a not unprejudiced dominant majority."

-- Anna Julia Cooper

#Voice Quotes #Giving Quotes #Majority Quotes

“My mother was a housewife but she was also an artist. My father was an electrical engineer.”
“You should check out William Shatner's album The Transformed Man. It will alter the way you hear poetry forever. And not in a good way.”

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“Just because one likes to cook up a great meal or decorate their home doesn't mean they have to do it with granite counter tops and duck a l'orange.”
“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.”
“Videos are more like photography. It's not as much about trying to tell a story as it is creating images.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I put a metronome up to all the songs, and I tried to really keep it true to the original tempos.”
“When you're in New York City or Los Angeles, even if you're not dealing with show business, there's still this sense that it's the center of the universe. And I think that's a really dangerous, limiting mindset.”
“At the end of the day, you're responsible for yourself and your actions and that's all you can control. So rather than be frustrated with what you can't control, try to fix the things you can.”

Source : Louis Sachar (2011). “Holes”, p.58, Yearling

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