"American missionaries have free rein in Uganda. They can go anywhere they please - schools, hospitals, parliament."

-- Roger Ross Williams

#School Quotes #Uganda Quotes #Parliament Quotes

“I am particularly conscious of my connection to the poets of the Harlem Renaissance because I, too, am a Black poet, born into, and shaped by, the very community in which those poets of the past produced so much of the work we associate with the Harlem Renaissance. We speak from the same place, both literally and metaphorically.”

Source : Source: www.hbook.com
“Agency has become a catch word. In a way, this intoxication with â€˜agencyâ€™ is the product of liberal individualism. The ability of individuals to fashion themselves, to change their live, is given ideological priority over the relation within which they themselves are actually formed, situated, and sustained.”
“I'm a selective pack rat. There's some things I have no problem getting rid of and others I hold onto dearly.”
“Some people were born just so they could be buried.”

Source : Donald Ray Pollock (2011). “The Devil All the Time”, p.66, Random House
“Don't live in the past - you've already been there. And don't live in the future, either. Tomorrow will be here soon enough. Live in this moment now - it is sacred and unrepeatable. This moment alone holds valuable gifts that should not be missed.”
“Assuredly whatsoever things are fabled to exist in deep Acheron, these all exist in this life. There is no wretched Tantalus, fearing the great rock that hangs over him in the air and frozen with vain terror. Rather, it is in this life that fear of the gods oppresses mortals without cause, and the rock they fear is any that chance may bring.”
“The Gothic tradition was begun by Ann Radcliffe, a rare example of a woman creating an artistic style.”
“Life has gotten in the way of our life.”

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