"Whoever you are, whatever you are, start with that, whether salt of the earth or only white sugar."

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Alice Walker

#White Quotes #Collaboration Quotes #Earth Quotes

“...if men are to be ruled, then the enemy is reason.”
“Fishing can come as close to doing nothing as anything I can think of.”
“Unprovoked attacks on Israel's borders, murdering Israeli soldiers, taking Israeli hostages and showering rockets targeting and killing Israeli civilians are not furthering any legitimate goal.”
“Democracy is not about making speeches. It is about making committees work.”

Source : "Lord Bullock of Leafield" by Mark Frankland, www.theguardian.com. February 3, 2004.
“I think one thing people forget is that every technological advance we fetishize had its place in time.”
“I hardly know a sight that raises one's indignation more than that of an enlarged soul joined to a contracted fortune; unless it be that so much more common one, of a contracted soul joined to an enlarged fortune.”
“Certainly, it is. Love is love, and loss is loss. We all love, and we all die, and everyone suffers the pain of grieving. The trick is to enjoy what you have while you have it. Not run like a bunny from the good things because they might be taken away sooner than youâ€™d like.”
“The desire to be seen as superior and singular- and, conversely, but similarly, inferior and individual, is a big topic...They have a term for the syndrome- it is called terminal uniqueness...we all refuse to be part of the crowd, to walk in the middle of the road in the safety of others. We all think were special. But the problem is, as I point out to Dr. Singer all the time, I actually am special.”

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