#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

But I'm very thankful that no one is slamming my head against the wall anymore. ↗

— Harry Anderson

#anymore #head #i #slamming #thankful

I'm not against the police; I'm just afraid of them. ↗

— Alfred Hitchcock

#against #i #just #police #them

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

I'm an immigrant kid who came to America from India when I was very young and grew up in New York City with a single mom and really was influenced by all of those immigrant cultures bumping up against each other. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#america #came #city #cultures #each

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