"I can see why many Southerners, black ones in particular, don't like the implication that Southernness and the Confederate heritage are one and the same, because they're not. On the other hand, there are people who want to extirpate that completely and want folks to spit on the graves of their ancestors."

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John Shelton Reed

#Hands Quotes #People Quotes #Black Quotes

“I am glad that people are trying to have a rational conversation about drugs.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Learn to thrill yourself. Affirm, 'Infinite Love fills my mind and thrills my body with its perfect life.' Make everything bright and beautiful about you. Cultivate aspirit of humor. Enjoy the sunshine.”

Source : "Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East, Vol. 1".
“If all the qualities which a painter took from the model for his picture were really taken, no person could be painted twice.”
“Breaking my neck was the best thing that ever happened to me. I have an Olympic medal. I've been to so many countries I would never have been, met so many people I would never have met. I've done more in the chair, ... than a whole hell of a lot of people who aren't in chairs.”
“Ever since I was really little, I've had characters that were in my mind.”
“So many films end up being filmed in London or in the same places over and over again.”

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“The church has contributed nothing to civilization. It has progressed somewhat, and it has become a little more decent, in reflection of the movements of civilization that have taken place outside of the church and usually in the face of the strong opposition of the church. But the church has always resisted the process of civilization. It has struggled to the last ditch, by fair means and foul, to preserve as long as it could the vestiges of ancient and medieval theology, with all the puerile moralities and harsh customs and medieval styles of belief.”
“To me, figure skating is an art form, and that's what I always try to bring in, even to my competitive programs.”

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