Quotes About Awareness

I personally feel like the conversation around feminism has advanced a lot. People are starting to realize privileged white feminism isn't cutting it. We have to look at the holistic experience of all women, or assigned women, on the planet.

I didn't even realize I was quite privileged. But I am. I got money. I've never been stopped by a police officer.

What I'm trying to do in all senses is deconstruct our idea of gender and use the privileges that come with looking like a model to bring attention to that.

My greatest responsibility is to acknowledge the mistakes and the shortcomings of the country in which I live, to acknowledge my privileges, and to try to make it a better place.

As an African-American, as a woman, I think that I've been sensitized to the way in which history privileges the white male and the way in which certain aspects of history, the things that we are taught in school, the things that are handed down, never, never entered the picture though they might have been very important.

If there is a Nobel prize for dirt and filth, India will win it, no doubt.

Never gave pro lacrosse a thought.

When eyes were first developed in animals, suddenly animal life becomes proactive.

I want to be proactive in bringing about change and enlightening people.

After all my probing into the human brain, I should still be aware of mysteries and come up with them myself.

Lack of knowledge... that is the problem.

The problem is that my generation was pacified into believing that racism existed only in our history books.

It's normal for human beings to identify with their own separate self. The problem is that we get caught in that notion of ourself as a separate individual and caught in that individual self's agenda.

My problem was I let myself become known before I knew myself.

I have no problem with the security... It's something that must be done for the times in which we live. Safety first.

I know for a fact that I'm problematic. I shouldn't be looked to for any kind of guidance.

Going around not fully believing that you're going to die is really problematic because it affects how you think about the future of the planet, about the future of your own life, about the decisions you're making.

Like sheep that get lost nibbling away at the grass because they never look up, we often focus so much on ourselves and our problems that we get lost.

One reason most people never stop thinking is that mental frenzy keeps us from having to see the upsetting aspects of our lives. If I'm constantly brooding about my children or career, I won't notice that I'm lonely. If I grapple continuously with logistical problems, I can avoid contemplating little issues like, say, my own mortality.

The industrial food system ships in high-calorie, low-nutrient, processed food from thousands of miles away. It leaves us disconnected from our food and the people who grow it.

We have to look and ensure that we're paying attention to what we're doing, so that we don't reflexively institute processes and procedures that exclude people without thought.

People have become so much more obsessed with the stories behind their food. When we go the market to buy bacon, we want to know where that pig came from and what processes were involved in getting it to us.

Because all the thought processes are limited, they are conditioned, and the thought does not touch directly with the reality, the truth; thoughts only grasps at the image of the truth.

I definitely, really appreciate that quality that humans like to show constantly, even without saying anything, that they're with you and they're processing something.