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I work in a world of words - words that inspire, words that persuade and, increasingly, words that can send the message that it is acceptable to hate.

~Chellie Pingree

Topics: Acceptable Hate Increasingly Inspire Message Persuade Send Words Work World

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Manipulating people is what's so fun about poker. I love that you can just look into someone's eyes and lie - and it's perfectly acceptable.

~Cheryl Hines

Topics: About Acceptable Eyes Fun Just Lie Look Love Manipulating People Perfectly Poker Someone You I Love

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Every culture is different in terms of what is taboo and what is acceptable. I grew up in Singapore, where people are very mindful of that. One can see that as restriction or as consideration for a fellow person living within a shared environment.

~Chin Han

Topics: Acceptable Consideration Culture Different Environment Every Fellow Grew Living Mindful People Person Restriction See Shared Singapore Taboo Terms Up Very Where Within

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It's considered acceptable in our culture to approach perfect strangers, as often or not who may be in extremis, and evangelise. I don't see why that's considered a normal thing.

~Christopher Hitchens

Topics: Acceptable Approach Considered Culture May Normal Often Our Perfect See Strangers Thing Who Why

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If our minds were originally formed by nature in a sound and useful manner, then they pass on all the forces of fate, which imposes on us from outside in a relatively unobjectionable and more acceptable way.

~Chrysippus

Topics: Acceptable Fate Forces Formed Manner Minds More Nature Originally Our Outside Pass Relatively Sound Then Us Useful Way Were Which

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Income inequality is one thing, but a permanent division into the haves and have-nots is an entirely different thing - and much less acceptable.

~Chrystia Freeland

Topics: Acceptable Different Different Thing Division Entirely Income Income Inequality Inequality Less Much One Thing Permanent Thing

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I disagree with the prevailing point of view of some black leaders that special treatment for blacks is acceptable.

~Clarence Thomas

Topics: Acceptable Black Blacks Disagree Leaders Point Point Of View Prevailing Some Special Treatment View

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Photography, sculpture, and painting were wielded as cultural weapons over the course of generations to substantiate the idea that black people were inherently subordinate beings; they were used to make slavery acceptable and to make black subjugation more palatable.

~Clint Smith

Topics: Acceptable Beings Black Course Cultural Generations Idea Inherently Make More Over Painting People Photography Sculpture Slavery Subordinate Used Weapons Were

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We knew then what we know now; only exemplary blacks are acceptable.

~Constance Baker Motley

Topics: Acceptable Blacks Exemplary Knew Know Now Only Then

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Columbia Law School men were being drafted, and suddenly women who had done well in college were considered acceptable candidates for the vacant seats.

~Constance Baker Motley

Topics: Acceptable Being Candidates College Columbia Considered Done Drafted Had Law Law School Men School Seats Suddenly Vacant Well Were Who Women

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