Quotes
Authors
Haki R. Madhubuti
"To measure your needs by that which is projected via mass media is a mistake that has no mercy. The average person views a minimum of one thousand advertisements a day. To say "no" to the most outrageous commercials is an act of responsibility that needs to be taught early and often." --
Source : Haki R. Madhubuti (2002). “Tough Notes: A Healing Call for Creating Exceptional Black Men : Affirmations, Meditations, Readings, and Strategies”
Haki R. Madhubuti
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“No one can realize how substantial the air is, until he feels its supporting power beneath him. It inspires confidence at once.”
“You know that saying about how you don't know what you have until it's gone-I already did know what I had, and now that she's gone, I know even more.”
“January is my favorite month, when the light is plainest, least colored. And I like the feeling of beginnings.”
Source : Anne Truitt (2013). “Daybook: The Journal of an Artist”, p.115, Simon and Schuster
“A charity which knows only how to give money is not yet Christian love. You will be free of guilt only when you also give your time, your energy, and your resourcefulness to help end such abuses for good, and when you allow nothing that lies hidden in the storehouse of your Christian religion to remain unused against the cancer that is destroying the vitality of our society in such alarming ways.”
“Achievements of life are momentary, but realizations are longer lasting.”
“We are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the President encourages vigorous debate.”
“Beautiful sights arouse feelings of love, and contrary sights bring feelings of disgrace and hate. And the emotions of the soul and spirit bring something additional to the body itself, which exists under the control of the soul and the direction of the spirit.”
“I've met big-name actors doing Hollywood films, and they've said that all they want is an in at HBO and their own show.”
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