#ant

But I believe above all that I wanted to build the palace of my memory, because my memory is my only homeland. ↗

— Anselm Kiefer

#because #believe #build #homeland #i

Do people really want liberty, equality, fraternity? Is it not some manner of speaking? ↗

— Krzysztof Kieslowski

#fraternity #liberty #manner #people #really

Over 90 percent of parents in Puerto Rico want their children to be totally fluent in English. ↗

— Luis Fortuno

#english #fluent #over #parents #percent

There is as much wisdom in listening as there is in speaking - and that goes for all relationships, not just romantic ones. ↗

— Daniel Dae Kim

#just #listening #much #ones #relationships

I would love a sandwich,' said Tybalt, with enough gravity to make it sound like a formal proclamation. Resolved: that we will have ham and cheese sandwiches. ↗

— Seanan McGuire

#food #humor #food

That is why the analogy of stealing does not work. With a thief, we want to know how much money he stole, and from whom. With the artist it is not how much he took and from whom, but what he did with it. ↗

— Lukas Foss

#artist #did #does #how #know

Abortion and racism are both symptoms of a fundamental human error. The error is thinking that when someone stands in the way of our wants, we can justify getting that person out of our lives. Abortion and racism stem from the same poisonous root, selfishness. ↗

— Alveda King

#both #error #fundamental #getting #human

Racism springs from the lie that certain human beings are less than fully human. It's a self-centered falsehood that corrupts our minds into believing we are right to treat others as we would not want to be treated. ↗

— Alveda King

#believing #certain #corrupts #falsehood #fully

A majority, perhaps as many as 75 percent, of abortion clinics are in areas with high minority populations. Abortion apologists will say this is because they want to serve the poor. You don't serve the poor, however, by taking their money to terminate their children. ↗

— Alveda King

#apologists #areas #because #children #clinics

Racism is a way to gain economic advantage at the expense of others. Slavery and plantations may be gone, but racism still allows us to regard those who may keep us from financial gain as less than equals. ↗

— Alveda King

#allows #economic #equals #expense #financial