Minority Quotes
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Marines have a cynical approach to war. They believe in three things; liberty, payday and that when two Marines are together in a fight, one is being wasted. Being a minority group militarily, they are proud and sensitive in their dealings with other military organizations. A Marine's concept of a perfect battle is to have other Marines on the right and left flanks, Marine aircraft overhead and Marine artillery and naval gunfire backing them up.
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The minority of one generation is usually the majority of the next.
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The minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by those who really have an opinion.
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Part of the problem of being labeled a model minority is that everyone thinks you've made it, but that's far from the case. You can see that in the horrific stories where undocumented workers are trying to get into the country. That's the backlash.
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If you want to be a government in a minority Parliament, you have to work with other people.
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Everybody feels safe belonging not to the excluded minority but to the excluding majority. You think, Oh, I’m glad that’s not me. It’s basically the same in all periods in all societies. If you belong to the majority, you can avoid thinking about lots of troubling things.
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We humans are a minority of giants stumbling around in a world of little things.
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It takes courage to be creative. Just as soon as you have a new idea, you are in a minority of one.
