"No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women... When black people are talked about the focus tends to be on black men; and when women are talked about the focus tends to be on white women."

-- Bell Hooks

#Men Quotes #White Quotes #America Quotes

“Love is the energy from which all people and things are made. You are connected to everything in your world through love.”
“The God of merely traditional believers is the great Absentee of the universe.”
“I'm going to a dance." With Becky?" No, with Alexander." Who's Alexander?" The love of my life!”
“We have to get back to the spiritual law if we are to survive.”
“I liked taking the elements of roadside advertising out of context because it removes the imperative and just goes to the essence of it - the pure heart of advertising.”

Source : "Take Cover: Radiohead Artist Stanley Donwood". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. September 15, 2010.
“Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.”
“We should teach our children to make friends with us, to communicate all their thoughts to us ... by this we find many opportunities of teaching them important truths, almost without knowing.”

Source : Letter his White's aunt, January 6, 1800.
“The fundamental facts about the Greek was that he had to use his mind. The ancient priest had said, "Thus far and no farther. We set the limits of thought." The Greeks said, All things are to be examined and called into question. There are no limits set on thought.”

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