#gains

I was discriminated against because I was Jewish, Italian, black and Puerto Rican. But maybe the worst prejudice I experienced was against the poor. I grew up on welfare and often had to move in the middle of the night because we couldn't pay the rent. ↗

— Philip Zimbardo

#because #black #discriminated #experienced #grew

The anger in the Brigade against those who fought the Republic in the rear was sharpened by reports of weapons, even tanks, being kept from the front and hidden for treacherous purposes. ↗

— Bill Alexander

#anger #being #brigade #even #fought

I always play every game like my back is against the wall, that this could be it. ↗

— Shaun Alexander

#always #back #could #every #game

I do not fight against men, but against the system that is sexist. ↗

— Elfriede Jelinek

#fight #i #i do #men #sexist

You've got to guard against speaking more clearly than you think. ↗

— Howard H. Baker, Jr.

#clearly #got #guard #more #speaking

This doll-guy situation is an extreme of what I deal with in everyday life, where men believe that what they want I want, and they project that on to me and then blame me, curse me, when I don’t respond the way they’ve fantasized, like it’s some personal attack on them, like they’re entitled to something. Doll guy and dog guy and rape guy, the dangerous ones, they just go a step further and take it anyway. Then they blame you and the way you look for what they did. What’s worse is that a lot of the time, society blames you, too. ↗

— Taylor Stevens

#rape #violence #violence-against-women #life

I'm fighting so I can die a martyr and go to heaven to meet God. Our fight now is against the Americans. ↗

— Osama bin Laden

#die #fight #fighting #go #god

It's funny how social activists usually protest against the only things that have a credible chance of achieving the activists' goals. ↗

— Craig Bruce

#activists #against #chance #credible #funny

To deaden yourself against any hurt is to deaden yourself also against the hurt of others. ↗

— Max Lerner

#also #any #hurt #others #yourself

I've been cushioned against having to work, with Rocky's continual bounty. ↗