A Quotes
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“Allies tend to crowd out the space for anger with their demands that things be comfortable for them. They want to be educated, want someone to be kind to them whether they have earned that kindness or not. The process of becoming an ally requires a lot of emotional investment, and far too often the heavy lifting of that emotional labor is done by the marginalized, not the privileged. But part of that journey from being a would-be ally to becoming an ally to actually becoming an accomplice is anger.
Anger doesn't have to be erudite to be valid. It doesn't have to be nice or calm in order to be heard. In fact, I would argue that despite narratives that present the anger of Black women as dangerous, that render being angry in public as a reason to tune out the voices of marginalized people, it is that anger and the expressing of it that saves communities. No one has ever freed themselves from oppression by asking nicely.”
Source: Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
“Alligator: The crocodile of America, superior in every detail to the crocodile of the effete monarchies of the Old World.”
Source: Ambrose Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs
“Alligators and crocodiles are some of the most aggressive creatures on the planet - they'll take down a boat if you come up to their nest.”
“Alligators have rows of dark, raised domes along the edges of their jaws...When they forage underwater by sweeping their jaws around, the bumps could tell them when they'rve hit upon something edible.”
Source: An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
“Allir í hringnum höfðu hátt um sig og gripu hver fram í fyrir öðrum. Hitalampi brann í loftinu fyrir ofan þau. Lilja fékk sér sopa af bjórnum og þegar hún setti hann aftur á borðið, fann hún að hávaðinn og skarkalinn á reykingasvæðinu fjaraði smátt og smátt út þar til herbergið varð fullkomlega hljóðlaust. Allt stöðvaðist. Fólk hætti að hreyfast; varð líkara útklipptum pappamyndum af sjálfu sér. Hún fann hitalampann brenna á hnakkanum og leit á
strákinn sem sat við hliðina á henni og sá birtuna streyma á andlitið á honum. Haka hans lyftist upp í sömu andrá og hljóðið skall aftur á. Einhver kveikti sér í sígarettu. Kolla lyfti bjór að vörum sér og saup. Mannfólkið varð aftur raunverulegt. „Ég ætla á klósstið,“ kallaði Kolla í eyrað á Lilju og stuggaði við henni. Rödd hennar skar rönd í hávaðann. Þær stóðu upp í sömu andrá og glas skall í gólfið og molnaði. Hlátrasköll brutust út á borðinu á móti þeim. Kolla ýtti við öxlinni á Lilju og þær stauluðust út um dyrnar á reykingasvæðinu og aftur inn á barinn.”
Source: Sara og Dagný og ég
“Allison Janney is the best actor on the series.Allison is one of the few actors I ever worked with who is incapable of hitting a false note.”
“Allison Winn Scotch is the real deal and The Department of Lost and Found is one you absolutely won't want to miss.”
“Alliteration seems to offend people.”
Source: Odd Thomas: An Odd Thomas Novel
“Allmänheten fick aldrig reda på sanningen, att regeringen upptäckt att varulvar fanns på riktigt. Och lyckats fånga en.”
Source: Equidae
“Allo, darlin’. Oi’m so glad to see it’s love at first sight for you, too.”
Source: Rhapsody: Child of Blood
“Allocate your resources wisely for all men have been endowed with abilities that are more than sufficient to accomplish even the greatest of their dreams.”
“Allocating budgets will not suffice. We need to make focused efforts at developing the tribal belt of Gujarat”
“Allon-sy!!”
Source: The Brilliant Book of Doctor Who 2012
“Allora, come va il tuo libro, Ruth?' mi ha chiesto Timmy. 'Ruth vuol fare la scrittrice' ha spiegato a Packy.
In realtà io non volevo fare la scrittrice, volevo fare la lettrice, aspirazione assai più rara. Ma sai com'è, una cosa tira l'altra.”
Source: History of the Rain
“Allora eravamo esattamente come adesso. Per affrontare la corrente, avevamo imparato a tenerci per mano.”
Source: Il tempo delle scelte
“Allora ti piace l’amore?”
“ E’ pericoloso. Ci scappano ferite e poi per la giustizia altre ferite. Non è serenata al balcone, somiglia a una mareggiata di libeccio, strapazza il mare sopra, e sotto lo rimescola. Non lo so se mi piace.”
Source: I pesci non chiudono gli occhi
“Allorché venne in contatto colla vita la distrusse e questa distrusse lei; e così è scomparsa”
Source: The Picture Of Dorian Gray
“Alloted duty means you should live full potentiality with which you are born.”
“Allow a friend to believe in a bogus prospectus or a false promise and you cease, after a short while, to be a friend at all.”
Source: Letters to a Young Contrarian
“Allow a government to decline paying its debts and you overthrow all public morality-you unhinge all the principles that preserve the limits of free constitutions. Nothing can more affect national prosperity than a constant and systematic attention to extinguish the present debt and to avoid as much as possibly the incurring of any new debt.”
“Allow a woman her hate especially if a glimpse at the mirror screams the reality that we all see.”
Source: Nuclear Harlot
“Allow beauty and sadness to touch you. This is love, not fear.”
“Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?”
Source: A Johnson Sampler
“Allow Christ's Atonement to change and heal your heart.”
“Allow Christmas day to blossom in the bosom of your own inner joy & happiness.”
Source: The Soulful Pathway to Christmas: 100 channeled affirmations and quotes to positively inspire you at Christmas
“Allow divine intuition and infinite wisdom to show you the dream and lead you to it!”
Source: Turn Your Tears into Joy: Through Poetry & Inspirations of Life Lessons
“Allow each lamp you light to bring a smile to your face and to enlighten your soul. Allow the earthen lamp’s flame to cleanse your heart, mind, and soul. May the Diwali lamps brighten your life and the rangoli add more colours to it. May the sound of crackers and sweets bring more glee and cheer. The mirth, merriment, and joy of this divine festival surround you for the rest of your life. Happy Deepavali.”
Source: Twenty + One - 21 Short Stories
“Allow everything else to vanish
Save and except your cherished dreams,
For your cherished dreams
Are treasured sleeplessly
By God Himself.”
“Allow failure to teach you A supreme lesson: Each sunset is the beginning Of a very, very bright And powerful sunrise.”
“Allow fear to visit, just don't invite it to move in.”
“Allow food and drink to become the catalyst for sparkling conversation, the exchange of ideas, and memories in the making”
“Allow for many paths to your goal. Do not fixate on one path, because then you are likely to give up when that path is blocked.”
“Allow for mistakes. Most first attempts start or end up as mistakes - first loves, first businesses, first examinations, first marriages,...It is okay to fail ,but what happens afterwards is up to you.”
“Allow God to be as creative with you as He is with each of us.”
Source: The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply
“Allow God to be your anchor, so that even when you face a closed door, you can do so with valour.”
Source: Beyond the Closed Door: Unique Keys to Unlock Destinies
“Allow God to be your guide. He is all-wise. A God you can trust. He knows what is best for your life.”
Source: 365 Motivational Life Lessons
“Allow God to be your source of joy. When you do that, you will have joy even in the midst of sorrow.”
“Allow God to continually soften your heart so that it beats for what his heart beats for - people.”
“Allow humans to be themselves and celebrate that selfness. Love the metaphoric mind and respect the rational. Nurture Motivation. Consider any attempt at communication appropriate. Celebrate the whole person.”
“Allow intelligent design into science textbooks, lecture halls, and laboratories, and the cost to the frontier of scientific discovery—the frontier that drives the economies of the future—would be incalculable. I don't want students who could make the next major breakthrough in renewable energy sources or space travel to have been taught that anything they don't understand, and that nobody yet understands, is divinely constructed and therefore beyond their intellectual capacity. The day that happens, Americans will just sit in awe of what we don't understand, while we watch the rest of the world boldly go where no mortal has gone before.”
Source: Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
“Allow love to fill the places where anxiety now resides.”
“Allow love to heal your scars by opening your heart.”
“Allow love, to illuminate the unknown pathways that are destined - to be traveled.”
Source: The Soulful Pathway to Love: 100 channeled affirmations and quotes to attract true love into your life
“Allow love to rule your life. Welcome more love into your relationships, your dealings with others and your sense of identity, which will shower you in unexplainable peace and serenity.”
Source: The Universe Says
“Allow me now to return to the cottagers, whose story excited in me such various feelings of indignation, delight, and wonder, but which all terminated in additional love and reverence for my protectors (for so I loved, in an innocent, half painful self-deceit, to call them).”
Source: Frankenstein, Or the Modern Prometheus: The 1818 Text
“Allow me," said the elf, proffering Gimlet's beard to Frito, who was now sneezing uncontrollably.”
Source: Bored of the Rings: A Parody of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings
“Allow me to add that it is my conviction that the contents of Der Stuermer as such were not (incitement). During the whole 20 years, I never wrote in this connection, 'Burn Jewish houses down; beat them to death.' Never once did such an incitement appear in Der Stuermer.”
“Allow me to assure you, that suspicion and jealousy never did help any man in any situation.”
Source: Abraham Lincoln: Selected Speeches and Writings
“Allow me to be more broad. Festivals in the daytime: splendid. But there's just something extraordinary about nightlife.”
“Allow me to congratulate you on your very astute powers of observation.”
Source: The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread