"The bandage will remain on the eyes of Justice as long as the Capitalist has the cut, shuffle, and deal."

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Source : "Roughneck, The Life and Times of Big Bill Haywood". Book by Peter Carlson, p. 146, 1983.

Bill Haywood

#Eye Quotes #Cutting Quotes #Long Quotes

“His mouth made him feel like he was gonna win. Not his hands, I had my hand. He had his lips.”
“One of Still Lifes many achievements is its paradoxical mix of intensity and stillness. Alexander Longs visions of landscape, identity and "History itself, a joke that no one gets" are simultaneously meditative and alert, restless and focused. This is a smart, compassionate poet. Still Life is a mesmerizing new book.”
“A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.”
“To give yourself the best possible chance of playing to your potential, you must prepare for every eventuality. That means practice.”
“You know and we have about 60 to 70 percent black men in prison today and it's because of the negativity they have in their own hearts.”
“I think good things are happening to me and will continue. I am not optimistic about the rest of the species, but I'm so blessed, it's almost scary. I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I have a wildly sunny disposition. I love to laugh.”
“O months of blossoming, months of transfigurations, May without cloud and June stabbed to the heart, I shall not ever forget the lilacs or the roses Nor those the spring has kept folded away apart.”
“In human beings pure masculinity or femininity is not to be found either in a psychological or biological sense.”

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