"It's not true that voting doesn't make a difference. To check out is political suicide. This is especially true for our young black artists. You don't want to inadvertently end up doing someone's bidding."

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Darryl Pinckney

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“I believe that everything you work at and want in life is a great challenge.”
“Troubles are usually the brooms and shovels that smooth the road to a good man's fortune.”
“Joe DiMaggio batting sometimes gave the impression, the suggestion that the old rules and dimensions of baseball no longer applied to him, and that the game had at last grown unfairly easy.”
“Evening bags should be just big enough for my phone, lipstick, house key, and credit card.”

Source : "Fashion Workbook: Laura A. Wasser" by Maggie Bullock, www.elle.com. October 8, 2009.
“I believe that no people ever yet groaned under the heavy yoke of slavery but when they deserved it.”
“What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul I suppose this depends somewhat upon the size of the soul. I think there are cases where the trade would do.”
“You're yourself," Tana said, grinning. "More purely yourself than anyone I know. And if you can't see who that is anymore, then see yourself the way I see you.”
“I am from the poor people; I represent the poor people. I like workers. I like people that suffer because these people have a different approach to life from the people that have everything and don't know what suffering is.”

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