Simplification Problems Quotes & Sayings

Although I believe identity politics '"produces limited but real empowerment for its participants," it is important to note that it contains significant problems: first, its essentialist tendency; second, its fixed _we-they_ binary position; third, its homogenization of diverse social oppression; fourth, its simplification of the complexity and paradox of being privileged and unprivileged; and fifth its ruling out of intersectional space of diverse forms of oppression in reality. — Namsoon Kang

He'd always had a joke for Francis in the confessional, a 'sin' that could be counted on to cause a young priest to grin behind the safety of the wooden shield. Bless me, Father, for I put tuna in the chicken salad. — Kristin Hannah

Folklore is always changing and evolving for new audiences. — Tomm Moore

Hope looks for unqualified success; but Faith counts certainly on failure, and takes honorable defeat to be a form of victory. — Robert Louis Stevenson

I went on television and I wouldn't say a word; I feel so stupid when I watch them again. — Charlotte Gainsbourg

John Kerry will undergo surgery to repair his right shoulder. He originally hurt it when he suddenly switched positions on Iraq. — Craig Kilborn

I don't watch daytime television, I have a job, I work and, you know, I think daytime television is really for women. — Ice-T

What they might become in darkness nobody cared to think. — William Golding

When I was a kid, I went to the store and asked the guy, Do you have any toy train schedules? — Steven Wright

A warrior of light needs both patience and speed. He treats each situation as if it were unique. — Paulo Coelho