"Malcolm X had a clear vision and an understanding that we were - that he was a part of a broad freedom struggle. As his vision became more internationalist and pan-African, as he began, especially in 1964, after seeing the example of anti-colonial revolutions abroad and began to articulate and incorporate a socialist analysis economically into his program, he clearly became a threat to the US state."

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Source : Source: historynewsnetwork.org

Manning Marable

#Struggle Quotes #Understanding Quotes #Vision Quotes

“You can cut down a tree with a hammer, but it takes about 30 days. If you trade the hammer for an ax, you can cut it down in about 30 minutes. The difference between 30 days and 30 minutes is skills.”
“For fossils to thrive, certain favorable circumstances are required. First of all, of course, remnants of life have to be there. These then need to be washed over with water as soon as possible, so that the bones are covered with a layer of sediment.”
“Soaps are a great springboard for any actor but if you want to be taken seriously, you have to be careful.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I'd be a dog, a monkey, or a bear, or anything but that vain animal who is so proud of being rational.”

Source : John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (2006). “The Complete Poems of John Wilmot, the Earl of Rochester”, p.23, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.
“Not everything in life can go perfectly according to plan. I mean I didn't keep every girlfriend I ever had.”

Source : "A Chat with Computing Pioneer Steve Wozniak". "Talk of the Nation" with Ira Flatow, www.npr.org. September 29, 2006.
“Ben was more improvisational, and relied less on methodology, and basically is a guitarist who switched to bass, whereas Jeff has a more traditional approach to playing bass in a band, and has a great sense of what his band sounds like, and we lock up nicely.”
“The problem you get with most today's drum samples is that when you use them, you sound like everyone else using them.”

Source : Source: puregrainaudio.com
“A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years.”

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