"My book has a pre - civil rights setting with a post - civil rights sensibility. I believe less and less that there is something called "The Black Experience," though undoubtedly there was one once."

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Ayana Mathis

#Believe Quotes #Book Quotes #Black Quotes

“We should stake our whole existence on our willingness to explore and experience”
“My background is deep and set in deep time, and in a narrow space, oral traditions going back a long, long time, which I inherited by osmosis.”

Source : "Alan Garner: a life in books" by Alison Flood, www.theguardian.com. August 17, 2012.
“I started understanding that my strength is my gentleness. A leader isn't a dictator, a leader is a servant.”
“I think comedy's just about being interested in comedy and what makes people laugh and experimenting.”
“When I was twelve, I went hunting with my father and we shot a bird. He was laying there and something struck me. Why do we call this fun to kill this creature [who] was as happy as I was when I woke up this morning.”
“Small towns harbor small imaginations.”
“It's really nice to have someone who's intelligent and articulate to talk to about what you're doing, because it's a big part of who we are.”

Source : Interview with Leonard Pierce, tv.avclub.com. November 3, 2009.
“Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you, you will be neither successful nor happy.”

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