Quotes with minority

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  • Susan Sontag The hard truth is that what may be acceptable in elite culture may not be acceptable in mass culture, that tastes which pose only innocent ethical issues as the property of a minority become corrupting when they become more established. Taste is context, and the context has changed.
    Susan Sontag
    American writer, filmmaker, teacher, and political activist (1933 - 2004)
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  • Arthur C. Clarke The intelligent minority of this world will mark 1 January 2001 as the real beginning of the 21st century and the Third Millennium.
    Arthur C. Clarke
    British science fiction writer, science writer and futurist (1917 - 2008)
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  • Abba Eban The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be.
    Abba Eban
    Israeli diplomat and politician (1915 - 2002)
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  • Henrik Ibsen The majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right.
    Henrik Ibsen
    Norwegian dramatist (1828 - 1906)
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  • A. A. Milne The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.
    A. A. Milne
    English author, writer of the Winnie-the-Pooh books (1882 - 1956)
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  • Barbara Jordan There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure.
    Barbara Jordan
    American lawyer, educator and politician (1936 - 1996)
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  • Bob McDonnell There is no question that the minority party always makes a sport of going after the governor.
    Bob McDonnell
    American politician and lawyer (1954 - )
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  • Bella Abzug They are a very extensive minority who have suffered discrimination and who have the same right to participation in the promise and fruits of society as every other individual.
    Bella Abzug
    American lawyer and politician (1920 - 1998)
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  • Marilyn Monroe Unfortunately, I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle.
    Marilyn Monroe
    American actress (1926 - 1962)
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  • Norman Mailer What characterizes a member of a minority group is that he is forced to see himself as both exceptional and insignificant, marvelous and awful, good and evil.
    Norman Mailer
    American writer (1923 - 2007)
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  • Walter Lippmann What we call a democratic society might be defined for certain purposes as one in which the majority is always prepared to put down a revolutionary minority.
    Walter Lippmann
    American writer, reporter, and political commentator (1889 - 1974)
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  • Bob Kerrey When you're fighting for economic and social justice, you're always fighting for the minority.
    Bob Kerrey
    American politician (1943 - )
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  • Brit Morin While it's true that women are the minority in most tech companies, I don't think that inhibits entry into the tech space. My motto has always been, 'Live What You Love,' and as such, I think it's incredibly important to do work you believe in and to work for a company that has values that align with your own, be it in tech or another industry.
    Brit Morin
    American entrepreneur (1985 - )
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Shall we judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? By the minority, surely.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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