"The Red Kimono tells it all—the bitterness and pain as well as the joy, pride and patriotism of a people too resilient to be beaten by racism."

-- Sandra Dallas

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“Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.”
“I believe we want to create a world large enough to be a soul home for us and for all beings, loving and large enough to give expression to the soul of the world itself, spacious and whole enough to express the lengths of God. And I believe we can. The capacity to do so is innate in us. If affairs are soul size, we can meet them because we are soul size, too.”
“The concept of number is the obvious distinction between the beast and man.”
“Y'all were heroes from the beginning. You just didn't 'turn' all of a sudden”
“I think that people get into trouble when they photograph something that they... that is not in their world. It's like when they say "write what you know."”

Source : Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com. April 21, 2010.
“A Christian is someone who has turned to God from idols.”
“People who achieve great things are people who make choices. Far too many people today let life dictate their future instead of the other way around. Choices are hard - that's why so few actually make them. But as the saying goes - not to make a choice is to make a choice. When it comes to choices, The question is - what choices will you make today? The world doesn't care about your problems, or what's holding you back. They don't care about your past failures, or any other obstacles you face. Stop making excuses and start making choices.”
“Years ago I was in a band called Two Lane Blacktop - we deliberately named ourselves after the 'Two-Lane Blacktop' movie, 'cuz it's a car chase movie. All our songs were based on movies, every single song. I love movies, and that was something that me and the singer in Two Lane Blacktop bonded over - we were design students together, we did a film-class together, so we became obsessed with movies. It's followed me around ever since then, it's a constant theme.”

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