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There hasn't been anybody whose life has been picked apart and distorted as much as mine. ↗

At the time of his death, Biko had a wife and three children for which he left a letter that stated in one part: “I've devoted my life to see equality for blacks, and at the same time, I've denied the needs of my family. Please understand that I take these actions, not out of selfishness or arrogance, but to preserve a South Africa worth living in for blacks and whites. ↗

— Steve Biko

#family #liberty #south-africa #death

Things fall apart. But things don't just fall apart. People break them. ↗

— Robin Wasserman

#break #fall #inspirational #things #inspirational

They're Lares. House gods." "House gods," Percy said. "Like...smaller than real gods, but larger than apartment gods? ↗

— Rick Riordan

#house-gods #lares #mythology #real-gods #rome

There's no fear in a shallow heart because the shallow heart is faint and don't fall apart, But feeling hearts that truly care are fragile to the flow of air. ↗

— Q-tip

#care #fall-apart #feeling #flow #fragile

Amy wondered if Bonaparte could declare war on Miss Gwen alone without breaking his peace with England ↗

— Lauren Willig

#historical-fiction #lauren-willig #spy #historical-fiction

Quite a few operas are still being commissioned around the world, although nothing apart from audience popularity can ensure more than a few performances. ↗

— Bruce Beresford

#apart #around #audience #being #commissioned

It has been true in Western societies and it seems to be true elsewhere that you do not find democratic systems apart from capitalism, or apart from a market economy, if you prefer that term. ↗

— Peter L. Berger

#be true #been #capitalism #democratic #economy

I don't profess to have music as my big wheel and there are a number of other things as important to me apart from music. Theatre and mime, for instance. ↗

— David Bowie

#big #i #important #instance #me

I lived in the studio apartment that I bought for four years before I bought it in 1989, so I was already in it. I began living there in 1985, so I've had the same address and phone number since then. ↗

— Marilyn Hacker

#already #apartment #before #began #bought