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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

by Omar El Akkad (Goodreads Author)

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Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

by Ibram X. Kendi

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“I have noticed that even those who assert that everything is predestined and that we can change nothing about it still look both ways before they cross the street.”
― Stephen Hawking, Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays

tags: chance, death, destiny, life

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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe

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“If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.”
― Jimmy Carter

tags: common-denominator, fear, jimmy-carter, mad

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“Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.”
― Sigmund Freud

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“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.”
― Franklin D. Roosevelt

tags: inequality, kindness, money, poverty, progress, wealth

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