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Great literature should do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions.

~A. E. Housman

Topics: Blunt Discrimination Dull Good Great Great Literature His Literature Mellow Must Opinions Perception Personal Reader Sharpen Should Some Though

Keywords: Always Everything You


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For quite a while, I didn't receive a higher academic status. I didn't feel any discrimination against me as a woman scientist, but I hadn't produced a lot of science journal articles.

~Ada Yonath

Topics: Academic Against Any Articles Discrimination Feel Higher Journal Lot Me Produced Quite Quite A While Receive Science Scientist Status While Woman

Keywords: Abhors


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Age discrimination is illegal. But when compared with discrimination against racial minorities and women, it is a second-class civil rights issue.

~Adam Cohen

Topics: Against Age Civil Civil Rights Compared Discrimination Illegal Issue Minorities Racial Rights Second-Class Women

Keywords: Ability


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The fact that a baby can be born today and condemned to a life of hardship, struggle, and discrimination simply because of sex is enraging.

~Adora Svitak

Topics: Baby Because Born Condemned Discrimination Fact Hardship Life Sex Simply Struggle Today

Keywords: None


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Although there exist in the world today some microbes of the soul, such as discrimination and aggression, science was and still is the core of progress for humanity and the continuity of civilization.

~Ahmed Zewail

Topics: Aggression Although Civilization Continuity Core Discrimination Exist Humanity Progress Science Some Soul Still Today World

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As I grew up, I began to discover a little bit about the situation of black people in America and experienced an immediate empathy with the victims of such senseless discrimination. Because although the Turks were never slaves, they were regarded as enemies within Europe because of their Muslim beliefs.

~Ahmet Ertegun

Topics: About Although America Because Began Beliefs Bit Black Discover Discrimination Empathy Enemies Europe Experienced Grew Immediate Little Little Bit Muslim Never People Regarded Senseless Situation Slaves Turks Up Victims Were Within

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As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways. Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.

~Al Sharpton

Topics: Blatant Cases Come Days Discrimination Existence Inequality Less Long Long Way Many May Modern Now Often Our Racism Saturate Say Slavery Society Still Though Undeniable Way Ways

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By the time I was at college, I became very alert to the question of racial discrimination, and I remember one of my first writing attempts had to do with a lynching.

~Albert Maltz

Topics: Alert Attempts Became By The Time College Discrimination First Had Question Racial Remember Time Very Writing I Remember

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Education is important because, first of all, people need to know that discrimination still exists. It is still real in the workplace, and we should not take that for granted.

~Alexis Herman

Topics: All People Because Discrimination Education Exists First First Of All Granted Important Know Need People Real Should Still Take Workplace

Keywords: None


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Hollywood is the definition of sexual discrimination.

~Ally Sheedy

Topics: Definition Discrimination Hollywood Sexual

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