Energetic Quote by George Saunders Download Open image “We have not been energetic enough - white people haven't - in pursuing racial equity.” — George Saunders ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Energetic Enough Equity Havens Justice People White White people
Whites have not had to build the cognitive or affective skills or develop the stamina that would allow for constructive engagement across racial divides. — Robin DiAngelo Copy Share Image
If we got there and we looked up and we said, "You know what? Black folks are still doing a little bit worse off… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We are of the opinion that an important and irreversible process is taking place among the white population. Just as with the blacks, the… — Joe Slovo Copy Share Image
White people are very wily when it comes to race. We will do everything that we can to get out from under the idea… — Robin DiAngelo Copy Share Image
“If non-white groups continue to advance race-based interests, is it wise for whites to continue to act as if they have none?” — Jared Taylor Copy Share Image
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People have got to get together and work together. I'm tired of the kind of oppression that white people have inflicted on us and… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
There's a class divide in black America that doesn't seem to trouble black Americans so much, but whites use it and exploit it. The… — Darryl Pinckney Copy Share Image
There clearly is a serious race problem in the country. Just take a look at what's happening to African American communities. For example wealth,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Poor privileged white men. Their stranglehold on power is slowly being loosened. — Madeleine M. Kunin Copy Share Image
We’re not generating enough angry white guys to stay in business for the long term. — Lindsey Graham Copy Share Image
It's not white versus black any more, it's haves versus have-nots. Unless the black middle-classes unite to promote the interests of the black underclass,… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Success is like a mountain in front of you that keeps growing. If you're not careful, it will take up your whole life. — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“Wow wow wow is all I can say! Remember how I always buy lunchtime Scratch-Off ticket? Have I said? Maybe did not say? Well,… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“None of it was real; nothing was real. Everything was real; inconceivably real, infinitely dear. These and all things started as nothing, latent within… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“We must see God not as a Him (some linear rewarding fellow) but an IT, a great beast beyond our understanding, who wants something… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
America, to me, should be shouting all the time, a bunch of shouting voices, most of them wrong, some of them nuts, but please,… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
In my case, when I am trying to be "kind" I often default in a sort of toothless loving-all stance that is, actually, not… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Whatever your supposed politics are - left, right - if you put it in a human connection, most people will rise to the occasion… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“A Clinton staffer tells me his theory. Think about Frank Sinatra, he says: born to sing. Think about Willie Mays: born to play ball.… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
We try, we fail, we posture, we aspire, we pontificate - and then we age, shrink, die, and vanish. — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“You were torturing a cat," she says. "With a freaking prod." "A prod I built myself in metal shop," he says. "But of course… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“Rachel got up and did this happy little shuffle, like she was some cheerful farmer chick who'd just stepped outside to find the hick… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
What America is, to me, is a guy doesn't want to buy, you let him not buy, you respect his not buying. A guy… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Changes in human conditions are brought about by the pioneering of the cleverest and most energetic men. They take the lead and the rest… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Biographies of great, but especially of good men are most instructive and useful as helps, guides, and incentives to others. Some of the best… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Not working in journalism enables full attention to writing projects, which is good. But I miss the benefits of daily contact with people who… — Linden MacIntyre Copy Share Image
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We had a very energetic floor manager and he was always jumping around all over the place. The director would send down messages like,… — Sarah Sutton Copy Share Image
“Be quick to resolve conflicts before they mature to become wars. The energetic crocodile was once a delicate egg!” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Had there been any existent vital and energetic institution left in Society after the Reformation for the use of small property in coordinated form-that… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
If you really stop resisting someone or stop judging them or stop being afraid of them or stop imagining they're going to do something… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
Individuals, too, who cultivate a variety of skills seem brighter, more energetic and more adaptable than those who know how to do one thing… — Robert Shea Copy Share Image
The experienced, wise, energetic, intelligent individual functioning in a loose coalition with others in a wide network is far more effective than he is… — John C. Lilly Copy Share Image
The thing I love most about my job is watching people age backward, becoming more lively and energetic as they free themselves from situations… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image