“We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.” — Anne Frank
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“They won’t break my spirit. I won’t let them do that. They can do what they will with me, but I won’t concede my spirit.” — Political Prisoner Bobby Sands
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“The rich gamble everything for their own defense/ And confuse democracy with insolence” — Victor Jara …

“As long as you continue to have countries dangling a cigarette from their mouth, you cannot tell everybody not to smoke with a high degree of credibility.” — Mohamed ElBaradei, General Director of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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“We are all refugees of a future that never happened.” — Lee Weiner quotes …

“Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.” — Theodore Adorno …

“Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we can not have both” – Abraham Flexner …

“Few whites have ever thought of our position as resulting from racial preferences. Indeed, we pride ourselves on our hard work and ambition, as if somehow we invented the concepts! We strike the pose of self-sufficiency while ignoring the advantages we have been afforded in every realm of activity: housing, education, employment, criminal justice, politics, banking and business. We ignore the fact that at almost every turn, our hard work has been met with access …

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“I don’t write fiction. To me I’ve always felt that I’m keeping the books. I just want people to experience the everyday glimpses of life that I see that to me are sometimes heartbreaking, but most of the time incredibly beautiful.” — Marisela Norte …

“History, strategy, a sense of where the movement is headed and why folks should care — these ideas can help people of all races become true and effective freedom fighters. The struggle needs and has a place for everyone.” — Chip Smith …