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“Controversial' as we all know, is often a euphemism for 'interesting and intelligent.”
― Kevin Smith

tags: controversy, diversity, intelligence

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“I think... if it is true that
there are as many minds as there
are heads, then there are as many
kinds of love as there are hearts.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

tags: care, diversity, heart, individuality, love, mind, seduction, soul

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“Strength lies in differences, not in similarities”
― Stephen R. Covey

tags: community, diversity

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“What, then, is truth? A mobile army of metaphors, metonyms, and anthropomorphisms – in short, a sum of human relations, which have been enhanced, transposed, and embellished poetically and rhetorically, and which after long use seem firm, canonical, and obligatory to a people: truths are illusions about which one has forgotten that this is what they are; metaphors which are worn out and without sensuous power; coins which have lost their pictures and now matter only as metal, no longer as coins.”
― Freidrich Neitzsche

tags: abstraction, language, metaphor, myths, representation, truth

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“You know what the issue is? Do you want to know? It's what these guys have decided to call America. They have the audacity to say, 'There, you sons of bitches, don't lay a finger on it. That is a finished product.'"

"But any country is still in the making. Always. That's just history, people have to see that.”
― Barbara Kingsolver

tags: america, diversity, kingsolver, lacuna

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Sons & Daughters of the Damned — 12 members — last activity Apr 24, 2014 06:49AM
Do you have a son or daughter with peculiar talents? Can they do things other children cannot? Do they possess abnormal skills or intelligence? Do ...more

Heroes of a New Age — 5 members — last activity Jan 04, 2014 04:46PM
No matter what people do, the Earth will always be in danger. But that doesn't mean it can't be protected. So suit up. The world needs you. A superh ...more

Keepers — 6 members — last activity May 06, 2014 02:44PM
In the kingdom of Idieyam, "ordinary" possesses an entire new meaning. In this land, Keepers roam as humans do in our world. A Keeper is a person who ...more