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If you want to make a human being into a monster, deny them, at the cultural level any reflection of themselves


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Migration gives a blank cheque to put anything you don't feel like addressing in the memory hold. No neighbours can go against the monster narrative of your family.

Migration gives a blank cheque to put anything you don't feel like addressing in the memory hold. No neighbours can go against the monster narrative of your family.



I don't think you can be from the Caribbean and not know a certain amount about the apocalypse.

I don't think you can be from the Caribbean and not know a certain amount about the apocalypse.



The whole culture is telling you to hurry, while the art tells you to take your time. Always listen to the art.

The whole culture is telling you to hurry, while the art tells you to take your time. Always listen to the art.



Sometimes you just have to try, even if you know it won’t work.

Sometimes you just have to try, even if you know it won’t work.



She's applying her lipstick; I've always believed that the universe invented the color red solely for Latinas.

She's applying her lipstick; I've always believed that the universe invented the color red solely for Latinas.



We get these lives for free. I didn't do anything to get this life, and no matter what the hardships are, it is free and, in a way, it's an extraordinary bargain.

We get these lives for free. I didn't do anything to get this life, and no matter what the hardships are, it is free and, in a way, it's an extraordinary bargain.



Colleagues are a wonderful thing - but mentors, that's where the real work gets done.

Colleagues are a wonderful thing - but mentors, that's where the real work gets done.



I think the average guy thinks they're pro-woman, just because they think they're a nice guy and someone has told them that they're awesome. But the truth is far from it.

I think the average guy thinks they're pro-woman, just because they think they're a nice guy and someone has told them that they're awesome. But the truth is far from it.



[Donald] Trump is taking America's dirty laundry to the center stage. Everything he does, the rest of the country already does really well: victimize immigrants, poor people, women.

[Donald] Trump is taking America's dirty laundry to the center stage. Everything he does, the rest of the country already does really well: victimize immigrants, poor people, women.



The anti-immigrant logic has basically saturated our world. I'm staying, and I'm fighting.

The anti-immigrant logic has basically saturated our world. I'm staying, and I'm fighting.





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And then like thunder broke the frost, The chill wall fell, and morrowless Immortal maid and man embraced, Their light and shadow mingling.

And then like thunder broke the frost, The chill wall fell, and morrowless Immortal maid and man embraced, Their light and shadow mingling.



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Before I begin, may I ask how old you are?" "You may ask." "How old are you?" "It's none of your business

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Insanity is believing your hallucinations are real. Religion is believing that other peoples' hallucinations are real.

Insanity is believing your hallucinations are real. Religion is believing that other peoples' hallucinations are real.



People are educated into the fact that as a people we stand a better chance of knowing how to work the law if we know the history of the law and the history of our people's relationship with it.

People are educated into the fact that as a people we stand a better chance of knowing how to work the law if we know the history of the law and the history of our people's relationship with it.



Treat everyone you meet as if they have infinite value because in God’s eyes they do

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Ah, well. Life's too short for moderation, wouldn't you say?

Ah, well. Life's too short for moderation, wouldn't you say?



The dutifulness of children is the foundation of all virtues.

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