"We had people of all backgrounds coming together - all races, all creeds, all colors, all status in life. And coming together there was a kind of quiet dignity and a kind of sense of caring and a feeling of joint responsibility."

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Dorothy Height

#Responsibility Quotes #Caring Quotes #Race Quotes

“For three years now, our brave men and women in uniform have done everything their country has asked of them, yet President Bush still does not have a plan to win the peace in Iraq and bring our troops home.”
“We pass now quickly from each other's sight; but I know full well that where beyond these passing scenes you shall be, there will be Heaven.”

Source : Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1998). “The Passing of the Armies: An Account of the Final Campaign of the Army of the Potomac, Based Upon Personal Reminiscences of the Fifth Army Corps”, p.342, U of Nebraska Press
“Cinderella never asked for a prince. She asked for a night off and a dress.”

Source : "Kiera Cass: A Natural Selection". Interview with Beth Accomando, www.comic-con.org. April 7, 2014.
“Laughter would be bereaved if snobbery died.”
“Humanistic values of equality and equal rights for all nations and individuals as crystallized in the principles of the United Nations Charter are mankind's great achievements in the 20th century.”
“In life, some people just know that they have the power of their money. They can sign checks, contracts, and things like that. And they think they are bright just because they can sign these things because someone gave them the possibility to have this economic power over you. And they behave as censors.”
“The theatre, for all its artifices, depicts life in a sense more truly than history, because the medium has a kindred movement to that of real life, though an artificial setting and form.”
“My mom always says, "Pack your smile," but [the sound guy] articulated it beautifully, because he saw me go from Joe Schmo who had been on food stamps to Adam Richman from Man V. Food. He said, "For you, it may be your 50th or 100th selfie, autograph, or whatever of the day. But for that person, it may be the first or the only time in their life that they've seen someone they enjoy on television. Never lose sight of that."”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com

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