"What our generation failed to learn was the nobility of work. An honest day's labor. The worthiness of the man in the white socks who would pull out a picture of his grandkids from his wallet. For us, the factory would never do. And turning away from our birthright - our grandfather in the white socks - is the thing that ruined us."

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Source : Charlie LeDuff (2013). “Detroit: An American Autopsy”, p.27, Penguin

Charlie LeDuff

#Men Quotes #Our Generation Quotes #White Quotes

“belated maternity has had its compensations; small children have a habit of conferring persistent youth upon their parents, and by their eager vitality postpone the unenterprising cautions and timidities of middle age.”
“Meat consumption is just as dangerous to public health as tobacco use... It's time we looked into holding the meat producers and fast-food outlets legally accountable.”
“You should keep on painting no matter how difficult it is, because this is all part of experience, and the more experience you have, the better it is...unless it kills you, and then you know you have gone too far.”
“I used to do my own make-up. I used to have this doll that had those big eyelashes on the top and bottom, and I think I copied her when I was doing my eyes, putting false eyelashes on the bottom as well as the top. So I came up with that look myself.”
“There is no depth to education without art.”

Source : Amiri Baraka (2009). “Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music”, p.108, Univ of California Press
“I don't particularly think marriage is a sane thing.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Happiness is the true beauty weapon.”
“I don't want to compare Bowditch to Matt Le Tissier, but the way he scored his goal was similar to Matt.”

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