"For black people in the western hemisphere, if you can't generate a mythology that creates models of heroism and power out of the mythology that you had, then that means that somehow the mythology you had was not only feeble and weak, but that you are ultimately a powerless people. That's a notion that, I think, that can't be accepted."

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Source : Source: www.mtv.com

Kerry James Marshall

#Mean Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“I believe with an extreme story the closer you look the more horrifying it gets.”
“I majored in Chinese Studies. I'm probably the only director of chicken Indian zombie movies who can speak pretty good Mandarin.”

Source : Interview with Sean O'Neal, www.avclub.com. August 12, 1997.
“Man wasn't made to share the universe with gods. Their ways are not meant for the humble likes of us. But we've decoded some of their secrets regardless. Like worms, we've grabbed on to the talons of eagles and learned some small truths and means of flight. But we can never really fly. We try, and succeed to a certain extent, but the fall is always - will always be - there.”
“When you hold a graphic novel in your hands, you're holding artist blood made ink.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Bend your minds and wills to the education of the peoples and kindreds of the earth, that haply the dissensions that divide it may, through the power of the Most Great Name, be blotted out from its face, and all mankind become the upholders of one Order, and the inhabitants of one City.”
“You don't know why God has put that person in your path. It's not a coincidence. He's strategically lined up every person, every detail and every step of your life. Now do your part--don't miss an opportunity to do good for others.”
“I feel like Jim Carrey is probably the closest thing to a true physical comedian that we have working today.”

Source : Interview with Christina Couch, www.avclub.com. March 23, 2011.
“Much of the world's moral compass is broken. The moral north reads south and the moral south reads north.”

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