"Rosies mother was a highly strung bundle of barely thought-through prejudices, worries and feuds."

Prejudice, Worry, Social, Family

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"Rosies mother was a highly strung bundle of barely thought-through prejudices, worries and feuds."

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"Anyone determined to find another person or group inferior can always find whole lists of grounds that demonstrate inferiority because we are all inferior to the ideals of humanness we have erected."

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"Homophobia is the ignorant and arrogant assumption that copulation and reproduction is all there is to a relationship."

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"People who think with their epidermis or their genitalia or their clan are the problem to begin with. One does not banish this specter by invoking it. If I would not vote against someone on the grounds of 'race' or 'gender' alone, then by the exact same token I would not cast a vote in his or her favor for the identical reason. Yet see how this obvious question makes fairly intelligent people say the most alarmingly stupid things."

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"While I have no empirical evidence to back this up, I bet that the number of homosexual people per thousand has not fluctuated all that much over the centuries. I do not believe the dented wisdom my father used to extol, that homosexuality was a sure sign of a civilization in decline."

Henry Rollins, American Musician

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"Fundamentalism not only fuels devastating acts of violence, but also all kinds of primitive prejudicial behaviors, such as Misogyny, Polygamy, Homophobia, and Islamophobia."

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"Sometimes a great wound or concussion of the head, especially which happens by falling headlong from an high place, brings a prejudice and weakness to the animal faculty, dulling the understanding."

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"Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible."

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"When people misjudge, they inhale and exhale with obstinate, stagnant prejudice."

Angelica Hopes, Swiss Author

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"He knew that prejudice was a necessary part of the weak spirit of some men."

Dan Groat, American Author

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"Let me explain something when I'm talking about sin, and I'm talking about all sin. One of the biggest ones that has been talked about that has really become a debate in America is homosexuality."

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"I was not so old that I would deny my own senses."

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"Some people have great ideas maybe once or twice in their life, and then they discover electricity or fire or outer space or something. I mean, the kind of brilliant ideas that change the whole world. Some people never have them at all... I get them two or three times a week."

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"I am not in my gallery and neither do I hold your sigil. Will you speak to me?"

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"I wanted to shout down to him, to warn him that he was giving flowers to a monster, but I did not."

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"DEATH: "Mostly they aren't too keen to see me. They fear the sunless lands. But they enter your realm each night without fear."MORPHEUS: "And I am far more terrible than you, sister."

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"What are these fundamental principles, if they are not atoms?""Stories. And they give me hope."

Storytelling

"So," he asked. "How's death?""Hard," she said. "It just keeps going."

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"Write your story as it needs to be written. Write it honestly, and tell it as best you can. I'm not sure that there are any other rules. Not ones that matter."

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"You have a very open relationship with your fans.""Yes. We have an open relationship. Obviously they can see other authors if they want, and I can see other readers."

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"Now go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here."

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