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When humans look at each other and look long enough into their eyes, some people are totally uncomfortable with that. I am not. ”
Humans need to touch each other. We need to look at each other… We are human creatures, meant to be linked… So, yes, it's a gift for me to be able to look at somebody that I know or don't know, that I love or maybe not love, and to be able to connect." ”
When human beings distance themselves from their own inner truth and the truth around them, we can't see ourselves in our true light and that is to our detriment. ”
I've evolved as a human being, and I've taken more risks. I've let go of judgment. I don't know when the best stuff is coming - I sink into the process in a different way. I paint more, and my vision is stronger, but I don't think my music is better, because nothing is ever better than your first material. ”
I mostly wrote 'Thursday's Child' to explore the idea of a wild child - a creature who lived much as humans used to live, when our needs were simple and our worlds were small. ”
Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society. ”
I want to state upfront, unequivocally and without doubt: I do not believe that any racial, ethnic or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge, regardless of their background or life experiences. ”
Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences, our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging. ”
There are cultural biases built into testing, and that was one of the motivations for the concept of affirmative action - to try to balance out those effects. ”
I came to accept during my freshman year that many of the gaps in my knowledge and understanding were simply limits of class and cultural background, not lack of aptitude or application as I'd feared. ”