18 quotes found
“I am living in world full of lost hope and discrimination. I am living a life in which social equality does not exist and I am not sure that it ever can, or if once upon a time it ever did.”
“American can mean anything you want it to mean. It can mean that you live in America. It can mean that you are privileged. Being American can also mean that you are diverse. In many ways, the title...”
“My skin is beautiful but it also serves as a huge barrier for so many opportunities that I want to pursue in life.”
“Its unfortunate reallyhow everyone can live on the same soil yet not even know the first thing about their neighbors.”
“Differences simply act as a yarn of curiosity unraveling until we get to the other side.”
“In many ways, the title American is an oxymoron because one may look it on the outside but not feel it on the inside.”
“Sometimes, the reason that people dont get along is because they feel that their role is to be selfish or submissivenot understanding that American simply means understanding who we are so that we ...”
“Reality tries to disguise the fact that this society neglects to provide equal opportunity established by God and clarified in the Constitution. Whether equal opportunity is given to an individual ...”
“I'm trap in marriage with gangsta rhyme and my street life.”
“I want to say before I go on that I have never previously told anyone my sordid past in detail. I haven't done it now to sound as though I might be proud of how bad, how evil, I was.But people are ...”
“[T]here is both an intrinsic and instrumental value to privacy. Intrinsically, privacy is precious to the extent that it is a component of a liberty. Part of citizenship in a free society is the ex...”
“Before Sept. 11, the idea that Americans would voluntarily agree to live their lives under the gaze of a network of biometric surveillance cameras, peering at them in government buildings, shopping...”
“American culture has regressed because of contemporary societys glorification of making a good living and spending free time in media activities rather than constantly devoting themselves to a lear...”
“I was astonished, bewildered. This was America, a country where, whatever its faults, people could speak, write, assemble, demonstrate without fear. It was in the Constitution, the Bill of Rights. ...”
“So you've been gone a couple days,' Alison said. 'Hmm, what'd you miss...A celebrity did drugs. Politicians disagreed. A different celebrity wore a bikini that revealed a bodily imperfection. A tea...”
“It’s unfortunate really—how everyone can live on the same soil yet not even know the first thing about their neighbors.”
“Sometimes, the reason that people don’t get along is because they feel that their role is to be selfish or submissive—not understanding that American simply means understanding who we are so that w...”
“American culture has regressed because of contemporary society’s glorification of making a good living and spending free time in media activities rather than constantly devoting themselves to a lea...”
