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“No human being is illegal. That is a contradiction in terms. Human beings can be beautiful or more beautiful, they can be fat or skinny, they can be right or wrong, but illegal? How can a human being be illegal?"

~Elie Wiesel 

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“Power to the people!”, 1960s, Black Panther Party

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The success of a society should be measured by the quality of life of the poorest people in it, not by the richest.

A society in which 100% of the population is middle class is far, far more successful than a society in which any number are homeless and unable to access basic, fundamental needs regardless of how unimaginably wealthy everyone else is. 

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More by Mr. Polk

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I know you will. 

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Alien (1979) dir. Ridley Scott

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November 1799 portrait of Thomas Jefferson by Charles Peale Polk.

This is the ugliest thing I’ve seen in my life. 

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“The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling.”            - Roald Dahl, Matilda

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its raining too hard for me to walk the 20-25 minutes to my dorm and the buses aren’t running bc of labor day i guess so i’m just . stuck here all alone and i’m bored as hell and this is homophobia

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No Tumblr lesbians look like me wtf? ☹️

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