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Paulo Freire quote: "The oppressed, having internalized the image of the oppressor..."
The oppressed, having internalized the image of the oppressor and adopted his guidelines, are fearful of freedom. Paulo Freire
Whatever the situation and however disheartening it may be, it is a great hour when a man ceases adopting difficulties as an excuse for despondency and tackles himself as the real problem. No mood need be his master. Harry Emerson Fosdick
If we only look far enough off for the consequence of our actions, we can always find some point in the combination of results by which those actions can be justified: by adopting the point of view of a Providence who arranges results, or of a philosopher who traces them, we shall find it possible to obtain perfect complacency in choosing to do what is most agreeable to us in the present moment. George Eliot
Neal stood, kicking free of the clinging curtain. "I'll kill you." I drew the firestar and pointed it at him."I don't think so."She is pack now," Sylvie said. "You fight one of us, and you fight all of us." Edward raised his eyebrows at me. "What is going on, Anita?"I think I've been adopted," I said. Laurell K. Hamilton
The solitary and thoughtful stroller finds a singular intoxication in this universal communion. The man who loves to lose himself in a crowd enjoys feverish delights that the egoist locked up in himself as in a box, and the slothful man like a mollusk in his shell, will be eternally deprived of. He adopts as his own all the occupations, all the joys and all the sorrows that chance offers. Charles Baudelaire
Joe Murray quote: "The friend that I based Heffer on was adopted, and it all..."
The friend that I based Heffer on was adopted, and it all played into his total personality. Joe Murray
Malcolm Muggeridge quote: "My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and..."
My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it. Malcolm Muggeridge
Teach your children how to behave with animals. Adopt a pet. Don't go buy one. Please. That's a sin. Let's get these puppy mills out of business. Shelley Morrison
'Yes' is a far more potent word than 'no' in American politics. By adopting the positions which animate the political agenda for the other side, one can disarm them and leave them sputtering with nothing to say. Dick Morris
Joe Moore quote: "The laws that we adopt embody the values and mores of our..."
The laws that we adopt embody the values and mores of our constituents. Joe Moore
The thing I want more than anything else? I want to have children. I used to feel for every child I had, I would adopt another. Marilyn Monroe
The south produced statesmen and soldiers, planters and doctors and lawyers and poets, but certainly no engineers and mechanics. Let Yankees adopt such low callings. Margaret Mitchell
So my father grew up in an orphanage in Boston. He was then adopted by an elderly childless couple from Maine, who gave him the name of Mitchell. He moved to Maine, and there he met my mother and was married. George J. Mitchell
Thomas Huxley quote: "Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed."
Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed. Thomas Huxley
I don't see how the party that says it's the party of the family is going to adopt an immigration policy which destroys families that have been here a quarter century. Newt Gingrich

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