"Whites they pretended to ignore, as they busily lived mirror-image white lives."

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Gail Buckley

#Mirrors Quotes #White Quotes #Mirror Image Quotes

“Some people think I am an issue-oriented writer, but I've never said to myself, I'm gong to write about such-and-such an issue - that would make for incredibly boring writing, at least to my taste. Creating someone I don't know and her made-up world shows us more about who we are - is actually a better mirror - than if I were to parade in front of you an instantly recognizable person in an instantly recognizable situation. I'm not saying, Let's make it all abstract and weird and difficult and thereby you will know more about yourself. My process is much more organic than that.”
“Believe in yourself and back yourself to come out on top. A fulfilling career is waiting for those brave enough to find it.”
“We cannot give what we do not have: We cannot bring peace to the world if we ourselves are not peaceful. We cannot bring love to the world if we ourselves are not loving. Our true gift to ourselves and others lies not in what we have but in who we are.”
“If you don’t have fun, it’s hard to do your best. It’s not going to be enjoyable.”
“I try not to be hateful.”
“I'm very aware when I'm speaking to the English of how flat my Mid-Atlantic American voice is.”
“Having wires strewn across your couch and across the floor is a big deal to a lot of people.”
“I realised a long time ago that instrumental music speaks a lot more clearly than English, Spanish, Yiddish, Swahili, any other language. Pure melody goes outside time.”

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