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Jean-Paul Sartre Quote: “I am no longer sure of…”

I am no longer sure of anything. If I satiate my desires, I sin but I deliver myself from them; if I refuse to satisfy them, they infect the whole soul.

October 30, 2021 1905, French, Jean-Paul Sartre, June 21, Quotes by Philosophers

Susan B. Anthony Quote: “I always distrust people who know…”

I always distrust people who know so much about what God wants them to do to their fellows.

October 28, 2021 1820, American, February 15, Quotes by Activists, Susan B. Anthony

Dolores Huerta Quote: “My mother never made me do…”

My mother never made me do anything for my brothers, like serve them. I think that’s an important lesson, especially for the Latino culture, because the women are expected to be the ones that serve and cook and whatever. Not in our family. Everybody was equal.

October 28, 2021 1930, American, April 10, Dolores Huerta, Quotes by Activists

Hampton Sides Quote: “I don’t concentrate on any one…”

I don’t concentrate on any one period of history; I like to locate my stories in wildly different eras and places. I seem to be drawn to large, sprawling, uncomfortable swaths of American history, finding embedded within them a tight narrative that involves strife, heroism, and survival under difficult circumstances.

October 26, 2021 1962, American, Hampton Sides, Quotes by Historians

Maya Angelou Quote: “I’m convinced of this: Good done…”

I’m convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they’re stones that don’t matter. As long as you’re breathing, it’s never too late to do some good.

October 26, 2021 1928, American, April 4, Maya Angelou, Quotes by Poets

Gordon Gee Quote: “You have great athletic directors, you…”

You have great athletic directors, you let them run it; you keep yourself informed, but I’m not the athletic director. I’m the president of the university.

October 24, 2021 1944, American, February 2, Gordon Gee, Quotes by Educators

Patricia Reilly Giff Quote: “The reasons kids get into trouble…”

The reasons kids get into trouble in one way or another is because – Who ever told them they were special?

October 23, 2021 1935, American, April 26, Patricia Reilly Giff, Quotes by Educators

Anne Sullivan Quote: “I cannot explain it; but when…”

I cannot explain it; but when difficulties arise, I am not perplexed or doubtful. I know how to meet them.

October 23, 2021 1866, American, Anne Sullivan, April 14, Quotes by Educators

Irving Layton Quote: “When you argue with your inferiors…”

When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.

October 22, 2021 1912, Canadian, Irving Layton, March 12, Quotes by Poets

Paul Engle Quote: “I knew about holiness, never having…”

I knew about holiness, never having missed a Sunday-school class since I started at four years. But if Jews were also religious, how could our neighbor with the grease-grimy shirt use the word ‘damn’ about them?

October 21, 2021 1908, American, Paul Engle, Quotes by Poets

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