Mimetic Rivalry Quotes

#1. I am so happy, I cannot be contained in the world; / But like a spirit, I am hidden from the eyes of the world.

Rumi

#2. 'Paper Planes' by M.I.A. is very catchy. I like that, but I listen to everything from rap to Lenny Kravitz to Coldplay, depending on my mood. And my favorite song of all time is 'Always and Forever' by Heatwave.

Keshia Knight Pulliam

#3. Hug her. That's what she's there for.

Lisa Cholodenko

#4. Yet when his classmates put their blades to a colored cadaver, they did more for the cause of colored advancement than the most high-minded abolitionist. In death the negro became a human being. Only then was he the white man's equal.

Colson Whitehead

#5. I have advocated and I still advocate revolutionary change

Assata Shakur

#6. That slow poison [slavery] is daily contaminating the minds and morals of our people. Every gentlemen here is born a petty tyrant, practiced in acts of despotism and cruelty.

George Mason

#7. In myth, violent death is always justified.

Rene Girard

#8. We should be willing to act as a balm for all wounds.

Etty Hillesum