Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them.
I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening.
There are days I'm feeling lazy, and my mom will remind me, 'Beyonce also only has 24 hours during the day.' That always keeps me going.
[to Murron before assaulting her] English Soldier: You remind me of my daughter back home.
The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be.
Let regret rewind your past and let secret remind your last. Regret is your blessing but secret is your suffering.
Coming back to 'New Girl' was a real reminder of how lucky I am to be on a popular network TV show.
I constantly reminded myself with the fact that the world isn't about what's fair, but how you cope with what is unfair.
I like to be able to raise people's consciousness, yes. And to remind that those of us involved in the receiving end of the oppression, we have a duty.
The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what is not worth doing at all.
But then, Phillip reminded me of something that happened so long ago, I had completely forgotten it. He reminded of when we were ten, and he gave me my first kiss. We were on the swings out behind school, and right after he kissed me, he got up and r...
Those who are close to us, when they die, divide our world. There is the world of the living, which we finally, in one way or another, succumb to, and then there is the domain of the dead that, like an imaginary friend (or foe) or a secret concubine,...
We can make room for more experiences of radiance, peace, and beauty; and when we do, they arrive. When we make an intention to experience peace, when we value it enough to make room for it and invite it into our busy lives, it arrives bearing gifts....
A lot of things are inherent in life -change, birth, death, aging, illness, accidents, calamities, and losses of all kinds- but these events don't have to be the cause of ongoing suffering. Yes, these events cause grief and sadness, but grief and sad...
And when you are criticized, as you will be, remind your critics that you have the right to speak your mind. And if they shout you down, as they probably will, then inform them that since they insist on being asses, you will henceforth communicate wi...
I like the memories because they remind me I haven't always been this girl, constantly mad or scared or confused.
A chasm reminds us that there is a fine line between bravery and idiocy.
It reminded me that pain was necessary. Pain was life's curveball. Without it, we would never appreciate what it felt like to be loved.
For M & B. Should you ever get to read this, to remind you that when life offers you a challenge: rise to the occasion.
His voice reminded me of the slow stretching descent of honey from a highly placed silver spoon.
Tastes change, Cherie. I find the older I get the more I like to be reminded of my youth.
