Rachel Corrie Quotes

#1. I've had this underlying need to go to a place and meet people who are on the other end of the portion of my tax money that goes to fund the U.S. and other militaries.

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#2. The pen is my true salvation. God is not.

Khali Raymond

#3. People in Third World countries think and laugh and smile, just like us. We have got to understand that we are them they are us.

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#4. Sometimes I sit down to dinner with people and I realize there is a massive military machine surrounding us, trying to kill the people I'm having dinner with.

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#5. Stupid blind Russian wizard," I swore softly. "I'm getting a raise out of this somehow.

Vicki Keire

#6. when we indulged each others darkest delights, it always meant more to me than the last time. It brought us closer and solidified what we felt for each other.

Yolanda Olson

#7. We are protecting civilians. We are unarmed. We are no threat to you. Please do not shoot.

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#8. I think freedom for Palestine could be an incredible source of hope to people struggling all over the world. I think it could also be an incredible inspiration to Arab people in the Middle East, who are struggling under undemocratic regimes which the U.S. supports.

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#9. Follow your dreams, believe in yourself and don't give up.

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#10. Listen deeper than the music before you put it in the box.

Tyler, The Creator

#11. I feel like I'm witnessing the systematic destruction of a people's ability to survive. It's horrifying.

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#12. When I am an old woman, I will stop trying to look beautiful. I will quit wearing makeup and buying uncomfortable clothes because they look good. Maybe I will take up nudism.

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#13. I am a good, strong word giver; I am a jealous guard of my own secrets. Freedom is the rule; I am hungry for one good thing I can do.

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#14. Death smells like homemade apple sauce as it cooks on the stove. It is not the strangling sense of illness. It is not fear. It is freedom.

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#15. Maybe if people stopped thinking of themselves, and started thinking of the other sides of things, people wouldn't hurt each other.

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#16. Whenever I organize or participate in public protest I get really worried that it will just suck, be really small, embarrassing, and the media will laugh at me. Oftentimes, it is really small and most of the time the media laughs at us.

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#17. I really value words. I really try to illustrate and let people draw their own conclusions.

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#18. Because.
Everything
worth anything
takes time.

Christy Hall

#19. People know my background and for people who need an improviser, I'm one of the people they think to use if I'm appropriate for the part.

Jason Mantzoukas

#20. I want to be a lawyer, a dancer, an actress, a mother, a wife, a children's author, a distance runner, a poet, a pianist, a pet store owner, an astronaut, an environmental and humanitarian activist, a psychiatrist, a ballet teacher, and the first woman president.

Rachel Corrie