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“We cannot rest until all demographics are equitably represented in AP. It's clear that many minority students aren't receiving the high school education that's going to fortify them for a successful transition into college.”
Trevor Packer
“A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority; it is not even a minority then; but it is irresistible when it clogs by its whole weight.”
Henry David Thoreau
“The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.”
Will Durant
“A minority is always compelled to think. That is the blessing of being in the minority.”
Leo Baeck
“I think if you talk to the guys in the minors you'll find out it usually a matter of timing. Without a doubt, at 18, he was the smartest player I ever had. He knows the game.”
Stan Luketich
“One... gets an impression that civilization is something which was imposed on a resisting majority by a minority which understood how to obtain possession of the means to power and coercion. It is, of course, natural to assume that these difficulties are not inherent in the nature of civilization itself but are determined by the imperfections of the cultural forms which have so far been developed.”
Sigmund Freud
“A minority may be right, and a majority is always wrong.”
Henrik Ibsen
“When you use the term minority or minorities in reference to people, you're telling them that they're less than somebody else.”
Gwendolyn Brooks
“This is a women's league. It's important to have coaches like Anne trailblazing away. ... Women are in the minority for head coaching positions. Anne is kind of the one carrying the load.”
Sue Bird
“The Fort Minor record is all about getting back to basics in Hip-Hop, both sonically and for me personally, ... And working with Jay-Z again has been phenomenal. We can't wait for people to hear the final product.”
Mike Shinoda
