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First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak for me. ~ Pastor Martin Niemoller |
"When I dare to be powerful--- to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid." ~Audre Lorde (Feb.18, 1934 - Nov. 17, 1992) |
"Because we're a marginalized group, we end up having an external perspective on society. It gives us some freedom, some levity to rise above the basic mode of thought and contemplate outside of the system." ~ Alix Olson
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He who understands you is greater kin to you than your own brother. For even your own kindred neither understand you nor know your true worth.
Khalil Gibran ~ |
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.
~From a headstone in Ireland |
Chemicals, n: Noxious substances from which modern foods are made.
~Author Unknown |
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye."
- Miss Piggy |
“If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do much of anything.” - Win Borden |
“In love, it is better to know and be disappointed, than to not know and always wonder.” - Author Unknown |
“One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching.” - Author Unknown |
"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me eight times, I must be a f--king idiot." ~ Jon Stewart :)
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Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of withering, of tarnishing.
- Anais Nin |
A mighty pain to love it is, and 'tis a pain that pain to miss; but of all pains, the greatest pain it is to love, but love in vain.
- Abraham Cowley |
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief. . . and unspeakable love.
- Washington Irving |
"Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire." - Bern Williams
"Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil" -unknown |
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
~Sigmund Freud . |
The harder you fight to hold on to specific assumptions, the more likely there's gold in letting go of them.
John Seely Brown |
It is easier to disintegrate an atom than a prejudice
~Ricky Martin |
Live simply so others can simply live. :praying: |
“Be sincere, be brief, be seated."
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
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