"I'M FEARFUL because in the back of my mind I know that although I'm a law abiding citizen I could still be looked upon as a "threat" to those who don't know me. So I will continue to have to go the extra mile to earn the benefit of the doubt."

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Source : Benjamin Watson (2015). “Under Our Skin: Getting Real about Race. Getting Free from the Fears and Frustrations that Divide Us.”, p.14, NavPress

Benjamin Watson

#Law Quotes #Racism Quotes #Doubt Quotes

“Art is a passion or it is nothing.”
“I have thought about Happy Days made into a movie. As far as the original cast not being a part of it, wow, I don't know who could be who!I just don't see it going in that direction. I can see the original cast doing the movie very easily though.”
“People are proud of their tattoos. It's like a modern coat of arms.”
“To put it in my music, that's not the message I am trying to send out. That's not the type of artist I am trying to be.”

Source : "Sean Kingston Badly Injured Jet Ski Crash". www.huffingtonpost.com. May 30, 2011.
“I'm seldom right, but I'm never in doubt.”
“Genuine forgiveness is participation, reunion overcoming the powers of estrangement. . . We cannot love unless we have accepted forgiveness, and the deeper our experience of forgiveness is, the greater is our love.”

Source : Paul Tillich (2005). “The New Being”, p.10, U of Nebraska Press
“Every one of us is different in some way, but for those of us who are more different, we have to put more effort into convincing the less different that we can do the same thing they can, just differently.”
“I think a lot of times it's not money that's the primary motivation factor; it's the passion for your job and the professional and personal satisfaction that you get out of doing what you do that motivates you.”

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