Redbuds Blanco Quotes & Sayings

i have been told many times by family, friends, colleagues and strangers that I, a black African Muslim lesbian, am not included in this vision; that my dreams are a reflection of my upbringing in a decadent, amoral Western society that has corrupted who I really am. But who am I, really? Am I allowed to speak for myself or must my desires form the battleground for causes I do not care about? My answer to that is simple: 'no one allows anyone anything.' By rejecting that notion you discover that only you can give yourself permission on how to lead your life, naysayers be damned. In the end something gives way. The earth doesn't move but something shifts. That shift is change and change is the layman's lingo for that elusive state that lovers, dreamers, prophets and politicians call 'freedom'. — Diriye Osman

We may fondly imagine that we are impartial seekers after truth, but with a few exceptions, to which I know that I do not belong, we are influenced - and sometimes strongly - by our personal bias; and we give our best thoughts to those ideas which we have to defend. — August Krogh

When you know a person particularly well, you cannot escape their ruffled feelings. — Phyllis Bottome

I was lucky enough to be fairly quick at understanding what was taught, but unlucky enough not to be really interested in it, so I always got my exams but never had the scholar's love of learning for its own sake. — Maeve Binchy

For the first time in my life, I believe that maybe I can be more than what I am, that I can be more than I ever dreamed of. Because of him. — Lucy Hawkins

It's really too bad that so much crumby stuff is a lot of fun sometimes. — J.D. Salinger

Fernando Torres' English seems to be coming on good — Andy Townsend

I just wait until there is money lying in the corner, and all I have to do is go over there and pick it up. I do nothing in the meantime. — Jim Rogers

Gratitude is one of the sweet shortcuts to finding peace of mind and happiness inside. No matter what is going on outside of us, there's always something we could be grateful for. — Barry Neil Kaufman

Sometimes, they say, the moon is so busy with the new souls of the world that it disappears from the sky. That is why we have moonless nights. But in the end, the moon always returns, as do we all. — Mitch Albom