“I have had the rich satisfaction of knowing and working with many openly gay and lesbian Americans, and I have come to realize that "gay" is an artificial category when it comes to measuring a man or woman's on-the-job performance or commitment to shared goals. It says little about the person. Our differences and prejudices pale next to our historic challenge.” MenLittlesPersonsJobsNextGoalRealizingChallengesDifferencesKnowingRichGayCommitmentPerformancesPrejudiceSatisfactionCategoriesArtificialPaleHistoricMeasuring Author:Alan K. Simpson
“Whenever our ethnic or national prejudices are aroused, in times of scarcity, during challenges to national self esteem or nerve, when we agonize about our diminished cosmic place and purpose, or when fanaticism is bubbling up around us - then, habits of thought familiar from ages past reach for the controls.” SelfAgePastPurposeChallengesSelf EsteemHabitPrejudiceFamiliarEsteemCosmosNervesCosmicFanaticismScarcityPseudoscience Book:Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark Source: Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
“The act of writing should not be accompanied by the sense of an audience, someone peering over your shoulder, but in nonfiction I think it’s almost imperative that you identify an audience so you can confirm or challenge or undermine whatever ideas or prejudices they might have about your subject.” ThinkingShouldWritingIdeasMightChallengesAudienceSubjectsPrejudiceShouldersOver YouNonfictionImperatives Author:Pankaj Mishra
“Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while or the light won't come in. If you challenge your own, you won't be so quick to accept the unchallenged assumptions of others. You'll be a lot less likely to be caught up in bias or prejudice or be influenced by people who ask you to hand over your brains, your soul or your money because they have everything all figured out for you.” PeopleIfsWorldSoulHandsLightAsksChallengesBrainAcceptingWindowPrejudiceCaughtYour SoulAssumptionOver YouBiasCaught Up Author:Alan Alda
“Every gay who is in the closet is ultimately a threat to the freedom of gays. I don't want to seem intolerant to them and I think we have to say that to them with a great deal of affection, but remaining in the closet is the other side of the prejudice against gays. Because until you challenge it, you are not playing an active role in fighting it.” ThinkingWantSeemsFightingSidesChallengesDealsRolesGayPrejudiceThreatAffectionActiveClosets Author:Bayard Rustin
“Books are, at their heart, dangerous. Yes, dangerous. Because they challenge us: our prejudices, our blind spots. They open us to new ideas, new ways of seeing. They make us hurt in all the right ways. They can push down the barricades of ‘them’ & widen the circle of ‘us.” WayHeartBookIdeasChallengesHurtSeeingDangerousPrejudiceBlindCirclesSpotsNew WaysNew IdeasRight WayBlind SpotsBarricades Author:Libba Bray
“So do I wish I was to be king? That is not a question I ask myself. I ask myself, Would I be a good king? Would I be quick witted and generous of spirit and full of that boundless energy? Or would I be clumsy and stupid and dulled by my own prejudices? I try to be a good man, since I am alive at all, and hope that that teaches me what I would need to know if I was ever faced with a higher challenge.” IfsKnowsMenNeedsTryingSpiritAsksEnergyWishChallengesMy OwnTeachAliveStupidKingsHigherPrejudiceGenerousGood ManBoundlessClumsyI Am AliveGood KingsQuick Witted Author:Sharon Shinn
“A function of free speech under our system of government is to invite dispute. It may indeed best serve its high purpose when it invites a condition of unrest, creates dissatisfaction with conditions as they are, or even stirs people to anger. Speech is often provocative and challenging. It may strike at prejudices and preconceptions and have profound unsettling effects as it passes for acceptance of an idea.” PeopleMayIdeasGovernmentPurposeChallengesLibertyConditionsEffectsAcceptanceSpeechFunctionPrejudiceProfoundStrikesInvitesFree SpeechDisputesDissatisfactionProvocativeUnrestPreconceptionsSystems Of Government Author:William O. Douglas
“There is a strong ethical dimension to the best comedy. Not only does it avoid reinforcing prejudices, it actively challenges them.” DoeStrongChallengesComedyPrejudiceDimensionsEthicalBest Comedy Author:Steve Coogan
“Karate is not about winning over others. It is about winning over one's self. Ultimately, the most challenging opponents we face reside from within - our hang-ups, our insecurities, our prejudices. Overcome these and you will have truly won.” SelfFacesWinningChallengesOvercomingPrejudiceOpponentsInsecurityKarateHang Ups Author:David Walker
“American Psalms challenges Christian patriots to put aside personal agendas, prejudices and partisanship, and pray for our leaders as God commands.” ChristianChallengesLeaderPrayingPrejudiceCommandAgendasPatriotPsalmsPartisanship Author:Mike Huckabee
“Part of the reason why I love acting is that you do hope that somehow your work will connect to people and somehow expand their consciousness somewhat, and being able to challenge notions of prejudice through work - through my work - is really thrilling.” PeopleReasonAbleChallengesActingConsciousnessPrejudiceNotionReason WhyThrilling Author:Gwendoline Christie