The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.
Alice Walker
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for their own reasons. They were
not made for humans any more
than... ALICE WALKER The people's government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people. DANIEL WEBSTER Jesus Christ wants to show His love for this world through us, Christians. SUNDAY ADELAJA Devin wondered how often men did what they did, made the choices of their lives, for reasons that we... GUY GAVRIEL KAY As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men de... MAYA ANGELOU Women are not made for one single man; 'tis for men at large Nature created them. MARQUIS DE SADE People who get comfortable in their spirit miss what they were created for. They were created to mag... CORY BOOKER My costumes were made for sex appeal not for women. BRENDA HOLLOWAY the world wasn't made for us, we were made for the world JOHN GREEN Nothing can be more obvious than that all animals were created solely and exclusively for the use of... THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK Fierce and poisonous animals were created for terrifying man, in order that he might be made aware o... JOHN WESLEY These wording changes were made for usability reasons. LAURA YECIES Viking women, if they were left behind, were ruling their town. They were earls in their own right; ... ALYSSA SUTHERLAND I know black women in Tennessee who have worked all their lives, from the time they were twelve year... WILMA RUDOLPH Women have got to make the world safe for men since men have made it so darned unsafe for women. NANCY ASTOR Women have got to make the world safe for men since men have made it so darned unsafe for women. NANCY WITCHER ASTOR, VISCOUNTESS Women have got to make the world safe for men since men have made it so darned unsafe for women. NANCY WITCHER ASTOR VISCOUNTESS (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON I was just very interested in the American frontier and the growth of capitalism - those enormous fo... PETER MATTHIESSEN Eat for lunch, but let something for dinner. ERBLIN VUKAJ If you are among the good fellows chances are that you will be among the blemishes for the wicked ar... APURVA GAGLANI It's hard when you have things but lose them, it's even harder when you feel that you're being left ... GARY F EVANS... Starting today, must forget what gone yesterday,appreciate what remains today & look forward what ca... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA call it chicken salad SARAH DESSEN Society. The same society, I might add, that dictates that little girls should always be sugar and s... SARAH DESSEN It made me cry for myself. SHERMAN ALEXIE The problem of reconciling human suffering with the existence of a God who loves, is only insoluble ... C.S. LEWIS See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. Ask for no guarante... RAY BRADBURY Men were made for war. Without it they wandered greyly about, getting under the feet of the women, w... ALICE THOMAS ELLIS For nearly a century, the South made itself believe that Negroes and white people were really commun... BENJAMIN E. MAYS Invite someone to do something fun. ELIZABETH B. KNAUS If man was made to rule over women, then women would have no arms. Women were made with their arms t... SS038NICK From the Kindle Book Reflections in the Mirror of Life: “In a slum somewhere in India As... THE PROPHET OF LIFE Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land. E. M. FORSTER It has never been a mistake to commit a mistake, but a mistake to repeat a mistake MPALENG EMMANUEL MOHALE The cruelest joke in the history of the world was man being given so much reason and women were made... COLIN GORMAN One of the reasons for the failure of feminism to dislodge deeply held perceptions of male and femal... ROSALIND COWARD I'll be damned if I apologize for the choices I've made. They were hard decisions, but I had good re... CHRISTINE FEEHAN This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people. JOHN WYCLIFFE Religious people of any serious kind made her nervous: they were like men in raincoats who might or ... MARGARET ATWOOD Unlike all other animals, humans trade instinct for uncertainty and truth for lies before they can t... BOBBY W. MILLER After Emancipation, black women married earlier and more often because they were legally free to do ... REBECCA TRAISTER The bottom line is, what defines you isn't how many times you crash, but the number of times you get... SARAH DESSEN This is a 911? You know you only text that when someone is dead or dying. You scared the crap out of... SARAH DESSEN It’s the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth. SARAH DESSEN If much in the world were mystery the limits of that world were not, for it was without measure or b... CORMAC MCCARTHY The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. —ALICE WALKER DEMI LOVATO In the suffragist and abolitionist era, there were a lot of white women and some black men and women... GLORIA STEINEM Reasons for giving up the animals are various including moving home, not wanting the pets to distrac... ZHOU MIN There were some tragic cases of women whose love was abused, who for a certain time procured importa... MARKUS WOLF The most successful people started from NOTHING... they didn't wait for the opportunity to knock but... HYACIL HAN The fear of God is the only cure for the fear of people. CRAIG GROESCHEL For those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, we are grateful that such men and women were among u... STEVE BUYER Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity. Women are expe... AUDRE LORDE There isn't any way for the people of Nicaragua to find out what's going on in Nicaragua. ELLIOTT ABRAMS They were not serving the public interest, but their immediate personal interest, and it was nothing... EDWARD BELLAMY With all their faults, trade unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men t... CLARENCE DARROW This is a good thing for animals and a good thing for people, ... These animals are made to suffer h... GENE BAUSTON God would not give us the same talent if what were right for men were wrong for women. SARAH ORNE JEWETT Young girls today are very mistaken to be thinking that their sense of self-worth and their acknowle... C. JOYBELL C. that while the world wasn't built for humans, we were built for the world. JOHN GREEN In a day and age where it seems like women want to be with unstable, psychotic, manipulative freaks;... C. JOYBELL C. Men have made an idol of luck as an excuse for their own thoughtlessness. DEMOCRITUS They made my point for me, ... The decisions were not made in the principals' process, in the deputi... LARRY WILKERSON Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men ... TIGER WOODS I don't define lust as anything evil or nasty. Lust as defined by me, is the feeling of desire: a de... C. JOYBELL C. My biggest hope for this work is that it will help others to remember the sacrifices made for our fr... J. NEVEN-PUGH My biggest hope for this work is that it will help others to remember the sacrifices made for our fr... J. NEVEN-PUGH, PRESS RELEASE Women were accustomed to making substantial efforts to please men, while men spent comparatively lit... KATE COOPER The Constitution of the United States was made by white men, the citizens and representatives of twe... JOHN H. REAGAN If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being RALPH WALDO EMERSON An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it. DON MARQUIS There are some movies you do for the character; there are some movies you do for the people. KAJAL AGGARWAL I consider myself as a free spokesman for the people. DALAI LAMA We all leave personal legacies for the people we know and love. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ...enslaved black males were socialized by white folks to believe that they should endeabor to becom... BELL HOOKS Another real danger to young men is thoughtlessness and lack of consideration. Lack of thought is on... J.C. RYLE In a world that was not easy for Alice to bear or understand, flies were the final and malicious bur... JOHN STEINBECK People who create their own opportunities are more successful than people who expect opportunities t... JENNIFER COLETTA Reach for the stars. CHRISTA MCAULIFFE If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are? T.S. ELIOT Just because something's damaged doesn't mean it shouldn't be treated with respect.' 'Ad,... SARAH DESSEN You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existence -Eli SARAH DESSEN It was terrible and awful when someone left you. You could move on, do the best you could, but like ... SARAH DESSEN …You don’t want the best of times to be just one thing, forever. You have to have a lot of bests... SARAH DESSEN Even when apologising, this guy turns on the charm. And the worst thing is that it works. She h... GUILLAUME MUSSO Most good women are hidden treasures who are only safe because nobody looks for them. DOROTHY PARKER It was like 9-11 or the Holocaust for gay men. It not only destroyed us, but it made people to recog... JOE LOVETT It was the contemplation of God that created men who were equal, for it was in God that they were eq... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY We are made for goodness. We are made for love. We are made for friendliness. We are made for togeth... DESMOND TUTU Hold up your head! You were not made for failure, you were made for victory. Go forward with a joyfu... GEORGE ELIOT They were from two different worlds. Two entirely different people. But upon their coming together, ... C. JOYBELL C. In the South, prior to the Civil Rights movement and the 1964 Civil Rights Act, democracy was the ru... NEAL BOORTZ It's unfortunate that before we even arrived at the meeting place yesterday, the students who called... DOUG BAILEY What has made America amazing has been the fact that throughout our history, throughout the more tha... SCOTT WALKER 30 years and 55 pictures - not more than five that were any good, or any good for me. GIG YOUNG If you made a list of reasons why any couple got married, and another list of the reasons for their ... MIGNON MCLAUGHLIN Isn't that the problem? That women have been swindled for centuries into substituting adornment for ... ERICA JONG A fool who thinks that he is a fool is for that very reason a wise man. The fool who thinks that he... SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF BUDDHISM In black neighborhoods, everybody appreciated comedy about real life. In the white community, fantas... WILL SMITH
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for their own reasons. They were
not made for humans any more
than... ALICE WALKER People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to re... ALICE WALKER The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout ALICE WALKER I'm always amazed that people will actually choose to sit in front of the television and just be sav... ALICE WALKER The animals of the planet are in desperate peril... Without free animal life I believe we will lose ... ALICE WALKER How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers' names. ALICE WALKER As an elder of the Americas and of the rest of the planet, it is my responsibility to care for and p... ALICE WALKER I wanted in my lifetime to vote for a radical Native American woman, since my vision of any future t... ALICE WALKER Propaganda is amazing. People can be led to believe anything. ALICE WALKER This is a wonderful planet, and it is being completely destroyed by people who have too much money a... 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