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Otherness Quotes (page 253)

Who has not remarked the readiness with which the closest of friends and honestest of men suspect and accuse each other of cheating when they fall out on money matters? Everybody does it. Everybody is right, I suppose, and the world is a rogue. William Makepeace Thackeray
Some women are meant to change the world, while others are meant to hold it together. And then there are those of us who simply don't want to be in it, because we know no matter how much we struggle, we can't comfortably fit. Jodi Picoult
I believe that it is impossible for two individuals not committed to their own and each other’s well being to sustain a healthy and enduring relationship. Bell Hooks
Mercedes Lackey quote: "Some must be warriors, that others may live in peace."
Some must be warriors, that others may live in peace. Mercedes Lackey
You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidencein. No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to risetomorrow. They know it's going to rise tomorrow. When people arefanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kindsof dogmas or goals, it's always because these dogmas or goals are indoubt. Robert M. Pirsig
To come with a well-informed mind is to come with an inability of administering to the vanity of others, which a sensible person would always wish to avoid. A woman especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can. Jane Austen
All you've done is to be different from other women & you've made little success of it. As I've told you before, that is the one UNFORGIVABLE sin in society. Be different & be damned!"~Gone With The Wind Margaret Mitchell
Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others...By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves. Gordon B. Hinckley
Books are, let's face it, better than everything else. If we played Cultural Fantasy Boxing League, and made books go fifteen rounds in the ring against the best that any other art form had to offer, then books would win pretty much every time. Nick Hornby
A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems. And not only so. It gives a relish, and facility, for successfully pursuing the [yet] unsolved ones. Abraham Lincoln
Speciesism is morally objectionable because, like racism, sexism, and heterosexism, it links personhood with an irrelevant criterion. Those who reject speciesism are committed to rejecting racism, sexism, heterosexism, and other forms of discrimination as well. Gary L. Francione
And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor. Thomas Jefferson
Philip Larkin quote: "I am always trying to 'preserve' things by getting other..."
I am always trying to 'preserve' things by getting other people to read what I have written, and feel what I felt. Philip Larkin
If we stand passively by while the centre of each city becomes a hive of depravation, crime and hopelessness…if we become two people, the suburban affluent and the urban poor, each filled with mistrust and fear for the other…then we shall effectively cripple each generation to come. Lyndon B. Johnson
Jane Austen quote: "Have you any other objection than your belief of my..."
Have you any other objection than your belief of my indifference?"- Elizabeth Bennet Jane Austen

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