"By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes to be his duty against the influences of authority and majorities, custom and opinion."

-- Lord Acton

#Believe Quotes #Mean Quotes #Men Quotes

“We need to show how we really are and how we really are is that I'm the Dad, that's the Mom, these are the kids. This is how you respect us. It's "Yes Sir", "No Sir", "Yes Mam" and "No Mam". We don't see a lot of that on TV, so I just want to give an example and show examples on how a family should be versus how families are portrayed on TV.”

Source : Source: youknowigotsoul.com
“Affirmative action was always racial justice on the cheap.”
“It's frightening how much things change in seventy-one years.”
“Passion and standing up for things can help create a sense of unity. But you still have to act a certain way.”
“I try to photograph what can't be photographed - psychological or subjective reality, which seems more real than physical or consensual reality.”
“If we imagine that God is somehow punishing us, then we will live our lives in desperation and in fear that we are somehow avoiding displeasing God. The difficulty with that is as many ideas about how to displease and how to please God, as there are hairs on your head.”
“There is a way of living that has a certain grace and beauty. It is not a constant race for what is next, rather, an appreciation of that which has come before. There is a depth and quality of experience that is lived and felt, a recognition of what is truly meaningful. These are the feelings I would like my work to inspire. This is the quality of life that I believe in.”
“I am rather disturbed by the fact that so many peopleâ€”who are neither medical professionals nor trans themselvesâ€”would want to hear all of the gory details regarding transsexual physical transformations, or would feel that they have any right to ask us about the state of our genitals.”

Source : Julia Serano (2016). “Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity”, p.27, Hachette UK

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