Coretta Scott King Quotes
Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood. This sets the stage for further repression and violence that spread all too easily to victimize the next minority group.
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The doors between the old man today and the child are still open, wide open. I can stroll through my grandmother's house and know exactly where the pictures are, the furniture was, how it looked, the voice, the smells. I can move from my bed at night today to my childhood in less than a second.
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Quinoa is great for lazy day cooking because it's packed with complete proteins, but it cooks in only 20 minutes. And, you can flavor it any way you wish! I make mine with onions, lots of ground ginger, turmeric and coriander, and then whatever dried fruit and nuts I have around.
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I think I am very hands-on mother. I am very strict, and my daughter keeps telling me, 'You are too hard on me,' and I keep telling her, 'I have to be hard because if I am not hard, you will not learn the lessons that I want you to learn.' I think it is really important to be that way.
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The main thing I want to do is make people feel more connected and more active.
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No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time - nor ever will.
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Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.
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I think it's much harder to have a long dialogue scene than an action scene. An action scene is long, but it's not really hard. It's kind of boring, really. It looks good at the end, but to shoot it, it's not the most exciting thing.
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Y'all have no idea how many times I say, 'Yes, ma'am.'
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Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.
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If India has to achieve exponential growth, it would have to be on the back of strong growth in the manufacturing sector.
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I love to read poetry but I haven't written anything that I'm willing to show anybody.
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If I have to produce movies, direct movies, whatever to change the way Hollywood treats older women, I'll do it. If I have to bend the rules, I will. If I have to break them, I will.
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People just can't wrap their heads around two young black women in a major production.
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We still need to be conscious of the fact that Russia has intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you'll get a different answer.
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I very much looked up to Janet Evans and Summer Sanders.
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I love the Discovery Channel, man!
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One way of celebrating the Solstice is to consider it a sacred time of reflection, release, restoration, and renewal.
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Of course I believe imaginative architecture can make a difference to people's lives, but I wish it was possible to divert some of the effort we put into ambitious museums and galleries into the basic architectural building blocks of society.
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We're giving those benefits away, which we earn as citizens of this nation, of being legalized citizens.
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Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood. This sets the stage for further repression and violence that spread all too easily to victimize the next minority group.
