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Angela Davis Quotes: I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.
         

I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.


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I'm no longer accepting the things I cannot change...I'm changing the things I cannot accept.



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You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.



We live in a society of an imposed forgetfulness, a society that depends on public amnesia.

We live in a society of an imposed forgetfulness, a society that depends on public amnesia.



When children attend schools that place a greater value on discipline and security than on knowledge and intellectual development, they are attending prep schools for prison.

When children attend schools that place a greater value on discipline and security than on knowledge and intellectual development, they are attending prep schools for prison.



Walls turned sideways are bridges.

Walls turned sideways are bridges.



Justice is indivisible. You can't decide who gets civil rights and who doesn't.

Justice is indivisible. You can't decide who gets civil rights and who doesn't.



We must always attempt to lift as we climb

We must always attempt to lift as we climb



The idea of freedom is inspiring. But what does it mean? If you are free in a political sense but have no food, what's that? The freedom to starve?

The idea of freedom is inspiring. But what does it mean? If you are free in a political sense but have no food, what's that? The freedom to starve?



We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.

We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.



I have a hard time accepting diversity as a synonym for justice. Diversity is a corporate strategy.

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When you are eager to serve the world, the universe will be eager to serve you.

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The important thing in life is having a passion, something you really love doing, and you take joy in the fact that you get to wake up every day and do it.

The important thing in life is having a passion, something you really love doing, and you take joy in the fact that you get to wake up every day and do it.



God is looking for people to use, and if you can get usable, he will wear you out. The most dangerous prayer you can pray is this: 'Use me.'

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Who knows if this other half of life where we think we're awake is not another sleep a little different from the first.



I had to succeed. Failure means I would have to be homeless again.

I had to succeed. Failure means I would have to be homeless again.



We must make progress slowly so as to preserve the progress we have already made.

We must make progress slowly so as to preserve the progress we have already made.



It's perfectly healthy-encouraged, even- to have an idea tomorrow that contradicted your idea today

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You know I'll kiss you for my supper. Yeah, you know I'll kiss you for my dinner, baby.

You know I'll kiss you for my supper. Yeah, you know I'll kiss you for my dinner, baby.



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I sometimes found myself more comfortable around my TV family than I did with my own parents and sister.



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If you feel incomplete, you alone must fill yourself with love in all your empty shattered spaces




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