African Spir Quotes
To reform society, and with it humanity, there is only one mean; to transform the mentality of men, to direct them in a new spirit
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I feel that my work is not in vain, that it does have a place in society, even though it may not be considered that it has a place in society - it doesn't matter.
Yoko Ono
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The great mass of humanity should never learn to read or write.
D. H. Lawrence
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Acting changed my life. I say God and then acting. Because becoming an actor, I've gained a new respect for humanity. And I believe that it's also helped me to grow as a person. It's been one of the biggest blessings and expressions that I could have ever been gifted with.
Tasha Smith
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Women with money and women in power are two uncomfortable ideas in our society.
Candace Bushnell
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The state of society is one in which the members have suffered amputation from the trunk, and strut about so many walking monsters,-a good finger, a neck, a stomach, an elbow, but never a man.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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There is no question that religions have historically played the role of making people contented with their lot. ...such a doctrine would be very appealing to the ruling classes of a society. ...Many societies, for this reason alone, encourage the contentment with your lot that the religious premise of heaven affords.
Carl Sagan
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Someone who does not draw strength from himself and who is incapable of finding the meaning of his life within himself will...seek the map to his own orientation somewhere outside himself-in some ideology, organization, or society, and then, however active he may appear to be, he is merely waiting, depending. He waits to see what others will do, or what roles they will assign to him, and he depends on them-and if they don't do anything or if they botch things, he succumbs to disillusion, despair, and ultimately, resignation.
Vaclav Havel
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To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself.
Thomas Carlyle
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I believe the life of every person is worthy of scrutiny, containing its own secrets and dramas.
Krzysztof Kieslowski
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I always say, one way to connect with a working mother is to ask her what she has done before work that day!
Raney Aronson-Rath
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I am part of a legacy of queer black women who have fought for the freedom of black people across the globe.
Patrisse Cullors
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To reform society, and with it humanity, there is only one mean; to transform the mentality of men, to direct them in a new spirit
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