“I was born in Chicago, but I was raised in a town called Jackson, Tennessee. And a lot of these changes that were necessary and talked about it as important have been made, like, people go to school where they want to go. They work for equal pay, they work for - they can go school and have an equal shot at a job.” PeopleWantHas BeensMadeImportantSchoolJobsBornPayEqualShotsTownsRaisedChicagoTennesseeEqual Pay Author:Gil Scott-Heron
“... a nation to be strong, must be united; to be united, must be equal in condition; to be equal in condition, must be similar inhabits and feeling; to be similar in habits and feeling, must be raised in national institutions as the children of a common family, and citizens of a common country.” ChildrenCountryFeelingsStrongNationsUnitedCommonConditionsHabitCitizensEqualInstitutionsUnityRaisedEqualityAssimilation Author:Frances Wright
“I was raised to believe that you had to do things better than white people in order to succeed. The old black shows were better than the white shows. "The Jeffersons" (1975) was a lot better. "Good Times" (1974) was way funnier. "Sanford and Son" (1972). Now, though, everyone thinks we're equal, so we submit the same shit that everyone else submits. And then we get mad when they won't air it. You got to go back to the old attitude of it has to be twice as good.” PeopleThinkingWayBelieveShowsOrderBlackWhiteAttitudeAirSonSucceedEqualMadRaisedGood TimesSubmitOrder To Succeed Author:Chris Rock
“I am Catholic, I was raised Catholic, I am a practicing Catholic. But I say we need to agree to disagree. We have a shared mission around poverty, and I focus on that, because we do a lot with the Catholic Church around poverty alleviation. I'm always looking for: what is the common thread? What do we care about? What do we believe in? We believe in women around the world. We believe in all lives have equal value.” WorldNeedsBelieveCareValuesChurchCommonPovertyFocusEqualCatholicAgreeRaisedMissionsAround The WorldDisagreeThreadCatholic ChurchCommon ThreadsAgree To Disagree Author:Melinda Gates
“There had been questions raised about whether we could ever really unite to work together on an issue, whether we could do it with equal passion and fervor. And it happened during my nomination and I think I forever will be grateful for that love, for that support and for proving those naysayers wrong.” ThinkingTogetherPassionSupportForeverIssuesHappenedProveEqualGratefulRaisedWorking TogetherBe GratefulNominationsFervorNaysayers Author:Sonia Sotomayor
“Carnal embrace is sexual congress, which is the insertion of the male genital organ into the female genital organ for purposes of procreation and pleasure. Fermat’s last theorem, by contrast, asserts that when x, y and z are whole numbers each raised to power of n, the sum of the first two can never equal the third when n is greater than 2.” FirstsTwoWholeLastsPurposeSexPleasureNumbersGreaterEqualFemaleThirdsEmbraceRaisedMalesCongressContrastOrgansTheoremsProcreation Book:Arcadia Source: Arcadia
“Newton's Third Law of Conversation, if it existed, would hold that every statement implies an equal and opposite statement. To say that I'd turned the offer down raised the possibility that I might not have done.” IfsDoneMightLawPossibilityOffersConversationEqualOppositesThirdsRaisedStatementsNewton Book:The Gun Seller Source: The Gun Seller