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B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga Teacher
Discrimination

"Classics postures, when practiced with discrimination and awareness, bring the body, mind, and consciousness into a single, harmonious whole."

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Carl Lewis Athlete
Discrimination

"Amateurism is the strongest form of discrimination in sports. Because it discriminates against the underprivileged, it discriminates against the poor. If we want sports to go back to the wealthy, let's make it amateur again."

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Che Guevara Revolutionary, Guerrilla Leader
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"We put no condition of any kind to the U.S., we don't want it to change its system, we don't want racial discrimination to cease in the U.S., we put no conditions to the establishment of relations."

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Blake Lively Actress
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"Election made me more aware, more conscious, more sensitive. Not just of sexism but of discrimination in all areas - class, gender, race. I had realized that there were problems ."

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Ali Sina Philosopher, Writer
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"There is no compulsion in Islam. You convert "voluntarily". But you are free not to convert by accepting subjugation, humiliation, discrimination and constant harassment. What can be more democratic?"

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Malcolm X Civil Rights Activist, Minister
Discrimination

"I never will let anyone make, maneuver me into making a distinction between the Mississippi form of discrimination and the New York City form of discrimination. It's, it's both discrimination; it's all discrimination."

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Howard Dean Politician
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"The pitfall of what's happening in the media is if you're under thirty, you get your news from the Internet and The Daily Show, and there's not much discrimination between what they find on the front page of The New York Times and what they find on the Internet. That's not a bad thing, in the sense that people don't get spoon - fed anymore."

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