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Steven Biko quote: "The greatest weapon in the hand of the oppressor is the mind..."

The greatest weapon in the hand of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.

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My overflowing leisure handed me the world and at the same time prevented me from seeing it. Just as the sun, filtering through the closed venetian blinds on a hot afternoon, makes the whole magnificence of summer blaze in my mind; whereas if I face its direct harsh glare it blinds me. Simone de Beauvoir
Ovid quote: "To feel our ills is one thing, but to cure them is another."
To feel our ills is one thing, but to cure them is another. Ovid
She was the temptress who had ensnared the first man, and who still continued her work at damnation; she was the being who is feeble, dangerous, mysteriously troubling. And even more than her body of perdition, he hated her loving soul. Guy de Maupassant
Elton John quote: "Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out..."
Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours. Elton John
Julian Barnes quote: "Start with the notion that yours is the sole responsibility..."
Start with the notion that yours is the sole responsibility unless there's powerful evidence to the contrary Julian Barnes
The instant of petrified violence that sometimes foreruns a summer storm saturated the hushed yard, and in the unearthly tinseled light rusty buckets of trailing fern which were strung round the porch like party lanterns appeared illuminated by a faint green inward flame. Truman Capote
Vanessa Williams quote: "I love the French horn."
I love the French horn. Vanessa Williams
Nagarjuna quote: "So, to praise others for their virtues can but encourage one's..."
So, to praise others for their virtues can but encourage one's own efforts. Nagarjuna
There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it. Miguel de Cervantes
Denis Leary quote: "I'm really good at laundry, and I have no problem cleaning the..."
I'm really good at laundry, and I have no problem cleaning the kitchen. Denis Leary
Marc Chagall quote: "Work isn't to make money; you work to justify life."
Work isn't to make money; you work to justify life. Marc Chagall
It does not matter what it is; it matters how much there is of it; that all around the oases of your shining Western cities it exists; it is three-fourths of the world! Open your ears, my darling; listen to thier prayers; listen to the silence of those who've learned to pray for nothing. For nothing has always been their portion, whatever the name of their nation, thier city, their tribe. Anne Rice
If you're in the room, I want to be next to you. If you're gone, I think about you. You're who I want to talk to. In a fight, I want you at my back. When we're together the sun is shining. When we're apart, everything is in shades of gray. James Patterson
You need philosophy. It sounds a little pompous but I think when you direct a film, the only way to find a response to the questions you keep asking yourself is to have a philosophy. Michel Gondry
Plato quote: "Wealth is well known to be a great comforter."
Wealth is well known to be a great comforter. Plato