"I also know that while I am black I am a human being, and therefore I have the right to go into any public place. White people didn't know that.Every time I tried to go into a place they stopped me"

-- Stokely Carmichael

#White Quotes #People Quotes #Black Quotes

“Whether we be young or old,Our destiny, our being's heart and home,Is with infinitude, and only there;With hope it is, hope that can never die,Effort and expectation, and desire,And something evermore about to be.”
“Sometimes I would write something that was so private, people would say, 'Make it more universal.' I never liked that idea. I always thought the more personal a song was, the more people would want to hear it.”
“Even a fool learns something once it hits him.”
“Fashion is such a fairytale and it is such a fantasy. And it's about metamorphosis and sort of changing yourself and playing a part that you want people to see.”
“I would put books on par with chocolate, because a good book is delicious.”
“Speciesism: A failure, in attitude or practice, to accord any nonhuman being equal consideration and respect”

Source : Joan Dunayer (2004). “Speciesism”, Ryce Pub
“My family background was deeply Christian.”
“The goodness of a thing created is the perfection of its fitness for the use which it serves. Now that use is either particular or universal.”

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