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“I want people to come to my music without prejudice. I want them to get the music first. And who I am isn't that important. If they like the songs to me that's a good thing.”

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Richard Thompson

Richard Thompson is a British folk rock singer-songwriter, born on April 3, 1949. He began his musical career in the 1960s and is known for his unique guitar playing and heartfelt lyrics. Thompson's music blends folk, rock, blues, and jazz styles, and has had a profound influence on many musicians that followed. more

“In this world, the greatest courage is to drop the mind aside. The bravest man is who can see the world without the barrier of the mind, just as it is. It is tremendously different, utterly beautiful. There is nobody who is inferior and there is nobody who is superior - there are no distinctions.”

Men World Mind Different Beautiful This World Prejudice Superiors Distinction Barriers Inferiors

Author:Rajneesh

“Public and employer opinion often defeat society's best interests with a prejudice against middle-aged women.”

Interest Opinion Middle Prejudice Defeat Employers Middle Aged

Author:Kate Smith

“If we dismiss from our minds the prejudice we may have against the Indians we shall be able to more clearly understand the impulses that govern both races.”

Ifs Mind May Able Race Prejudice Impulse

Book:Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles, Embracing a Brief View of the Civil War, Or, From New England to the Golden Gate and the Story of His Indian Campaigns with Comments on the Exploration, Development, and Progress of Our Great Western Empire

Source: Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles, Embracing a Brief View of the Civil War, Or, From New England to the Golden Gate and the Story of His Indian Campaigns with Comments on the Exploration, Development, and Progress of Our Great Western Empire

“We have a history of gender and racial bias on our court that continues to undermine the system. Excluding individuals based on race is antagonistic to the pursuit of justice.”

Individual Justice Race Prejudice Court Gender Pursuit Bias Pursuit Of Justice Racial Bias

Author:Anita Hill

“I don't know about liberal bias, but people of a liberal mentality are probably attracted in greater numbers to the arts than people of a conservative mentality.”

People Knows Art Numbers Greater Prejudice Conservative Mentality Bias

Author:Sydney Pollack

“That is why I come forward tonight without any political label, without any bias, but just simply as an Englishman to say to you: a crime is being committed against civilization.”

Political Crime Civilization Prejudice Committed Labels Tonight Bias Englishmen

Author:John Amery

“I think by laying it out for the viewer I'm avoiding the issue of bias.”

Thinking Issues Prejudice Bias Avoiding Viewers

Author:Dan Abrams