"The Negroes are facing the alternative of rising in the sphere of production to supply their proportion of the manufacturers and merchants or of going down to the graves of paupers."

-- Carter G. Woodson

#Alternatives Quotes #Rising Quotes #Spheres Quotes

“I'd like to see anyone do what I do for one week.”
“I smile a lot. I heard someone say once that it takes fewer muscles to smile than to frown, so i'm trying it out.”

Source : Cecil Castellucci (2006). “Boy Proof”, Candlewick Press (MA)
“I'm not that complicated as an actor. I have a formula in which I work, yeah. But not like Sean Penn does. Sean is one of the few actors I know who can work like that, actually becoming the character he is playing, and get consistent results. I don't believe you can ever be someone else. You manifest different levels of your own personality to come up with a character.”
“In times of horror and torment prayer is a great thing Nobody answers But at least it stops you from thinking.”
“Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth.”
“The main thing is not to be dead.”

Source : Robert Motherwell (1999). “The Collected Writings of Robert Motherwell”
“How should we provide for our families? Financially, spatially (be near them), emotionally, morally, spiritually. ...I don't have what it takes to provide for my family spiritually; I need Jesus.”
“I used to think that when I got older, the world would make so much more sense. But you know what? The older I get, the more confusing it is to me. The more complicated it is. Harder. Youâ€™d think weâ€™d be getting better at it. But thereâ€™s just more and more chaos. The piecesâ€”theyâ€™re everywhere. And nobody knows what to do about it. I find myself grasping, Nick. You know that feeling? That feeling when you just want the right thing to fall into the right place, not only because itâ€™s right, but because it will mean that such a thing is still possible? I want to believe in that.”

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