#prejudice

IT is difficult to speak or write with becoming moderation or propriety, on topics to which we are biased by prejudice, interest, or even principle. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

#biased #difficult #even #interest #moderation

They talk o' rich folks bein' stuck up and genteel, but for iron-clad pride o' respectability there's nowt like poor chapel folk. Why, 'tis as cold as the wind on Greenhow Hill -- aye, and colder, too, for 'twill never change. ↗

— Rudyard Kipling

#change

Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them. ↗

— Edward R. Murrow

#everyone #experiences #his #just #own

Abolish music prejudices. Form opinions and love music for itself, not its genre, performer(s) or popularity status. ↗

— Abigail Biddinger

#abolish #art #biddinger #free #genre

I'm not prejudiced about what type of movies I'm in, what form they take or whether they're studio or independent. I just want to make films that are going to be good. The main reason is not to make money, although at some points it's really difficult when you're broke. ↗

— Michael Pitt

#although #broke #difficult #films #form

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#ignorance #life #prejudice #life

The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#directly #discovery #effectively #error #false

It's just amazing that there are so many prejudices even now. ↗

— Ione Skye

#even #even now #just #many #now

Any deviation is looked upon as a perversion, is feared, and is usually a target of hatred and prejudice. ↗

— Joey Skaggs

#deviation #feared #hatred #looked #perversion

Only when we learn to value the differences among us can we achieve the true spirit of humanity. ↗

— Charles S. Weinblatt

#bigotry #equality #justice #philosophy #politics