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Words are our life. We are human because we use language. So I think we are less human when we use less language. ”
I think the legacy of the civil rights movement is that now whites are more open to being represented by people of color or people who are women or, again, non-traditional candidates. ”
The really important victory of the civil rights movement was that it made racism unpopular, whereas a generation ago at the turn of the last century, you had to embrace racism to get elected to anything. ”
At a time when efforts are being made to eradicate discrimination between the sexes in the search for social equality and justice, the differences between the sexes are being rediscovered. ”
And each of us can practice rights ourselves, treating each other without discrimination, respecting each other's dignity and rights. ”
Here once again education is crucial, it enables children to be become more aware of their rights and to exercise them in a respectful manner which helps them shape their own future. ”
I hug employees all the time. I'm a huge contact person. Touch is an extremely important part of the human condition. ”
If I felt, in the event of a royal wedding, inspired to write about people coming together in marriage or civil partnership, I would just be grateful to have an idea for the poem. And if I didn't, I'd ignore it. ”
There are people who do everything for a calculative political motive. My only motive is a human motive. ”
I have a figure, and there aren't many girls out there right now who have that. ”