- Impossible
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- Nov 07, 2020
Discriminating Quotes
On the word's two faces: sharp judgment and unfair treatment.
This collection shows how differently "discriminating" gets used, from an older sense of sharp, discerning judgment to the modern meaning of treating people unfairly based on race or nationality.
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- Exertion
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- Nov 07, 2020
A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and unfitting it for all voluntary exertion to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
We should recognize that nationalism does not mean discriminating against people of a different nationality. It simply means not allowing such people to seize our political power, for only when we Han are in control politically do we have a nation.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't believe we ought to be discriminating against people for their private lives.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, writing for kids is harder because they're a more discriminating audience. While adults might stay with you, if you lose your pacing or if you have pages of extraneous description, a kid's not going to do that. They will drop the book.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think we should be discriminating against anyone. Transgender people are people and deserve the best we can do for them.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must make the government accept that at a time when we are expected to look ahead, we cannot afford to start discriminating against our own people in the name of 'ethos.'
- Nov 07, 2020
The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.
- Awake
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anyone who is awake and aware knows that these quote-unquote bathroom bills or any legislation discriminating against LGBTQ citizens is horrible.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
It has always been a sign of desperation that racial-preference supporters argue that the government can honor the constitutional mandate not to discriminate on the basis of race only by discriminating on the basis of race.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in the Senate, I worked to pass Women's Health and Wellness Act, which bars insurance companies from discriminating against the health care needs of women.
- Color
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- Nov 07, 2020
Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
We shouldn't be discriminating against each other. The whole 'light skin versus dark skin' is an idea we need to break down.
- Distinguishing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Circumstances give in reality to every political principle, its distinguishing colour, and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020