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"Thinking of this University [Ambedkar University] today, we are reminded of Mahatma Gandhi because if there was anyone who fought for the weak in India, the first one to raise his voice for Scheduled Castes, that was Gandhiji. There were social workers before him but not any people who raised this matter in the political arena as he did."
"Research is not seeing what others do not see, it is seeing the same thing as other people and thinking what they do not."
"But you people do not understand me, and I am afraid you never will."
"Do it right or don't do it at all. That comes from my mom. If there's something I want to do, I'm one of those people that won't be satisfied until I get it done. If I'm trying to sing something and I can't get it, I'm going to keep at it until I get where I want it."
"People don't buy plastic and paper, they buy emotions."
"Reggae has a philosophy, you know? It's not just entertainment. There's an idea behind it, a way of life behind the music, which is a positive way of life, which is a progressive way of life for better people."
"...the evil system of colonialism and imperialism arose and throve with the enslavement of Negroes and the trade in Negroes, and it will surely come to its end with the complete emancipation of the Black people."
"When the spirit of people is strong focused and vibrant, wonderful things happen."
"Above all else, we seek connection - with parts of ourselves that we have repressed, with other people, and with the larger universe. We cannot experience life in its fullness unless we have an intimate relationship with another human being and, beyond that, a feeling of connection with the world around us."
"Democracy can thrive only when it enlists the devotion of those whom Lincoln called the common people. Democracy can hold that devotion only when it adequately respects their dignity by so ordering society as to assure to the masses of men and women reasonable security and hope for themselves and for their children."
"People do not win people fights. Lawyers do."
"I just really enjoy the process of working with other talented, creative people. There's great power in bringing diverse points of view together. It can be incredibly stimulating."
"I'm not the same as other people. I don't think the same. I don't do the same things. I just feel out of this world sometimes."
"I have big friends who won't go swimming because they're too embarrassed about it. I feel that's such a shame, because actually people should be encouraging fat people who are exercising to do it, not pointing and laughing."
"People hate me because I am a multifaceted, talented, wealthy, internationally famous genius."
"Love is an energy. You can feed it to people, and they in turn feed it to others, and eventually it comes back."
"People have a problem with me being different, but that propels me forward in life."
"My therapist shared a theory she had come across, and I liked it. It held that before making your next journey in this life, your soul sits at a large, circular conference table and chooses the souls who are going to be a part of your life. As for which particular people would be chosen, I figured they would be individuals from previous lives with whom there was still unfinished business."
"You meet saints everywhere. They can be anywhere. They are people behaving decently in an indecent society."
"To die for the racists is lighter than a feather, but to die for the people is heavier than any mountain and deeper than any sea."
