"It's like, how did Columbus discover America when the Indians were already here? What kind of s-- is that, but white people's s--?"

-- Miles Davis

#White Quotes #America Quotes #Discovery Quotes

“We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.”
“It wasn't a thing I had consciously missed, but having it now reminded me of the joy of it; that drowsy intimacy in which a man's body is accessible to you as your own, the strange shapes and textures of it like a sudden extension of your own limbs.”
“Young people and adults need equitable relationships-they do not need equal ones.”
“It was an unusual environment. We're used to having the jotter arena at this time of year. It's unfortunate that it was that way, but both teams had to deal with it.”
“Case (Keenum) is going to be the quarterback. Weâ€™re going to give him a chance to see how he can perform. I think the jury is still out. Heâ€™s got a lot of ability. Heâ€™s shown some flashes of brilliance and then heâ€™s shown some rookie mistakes. Weâ€™ve got to see if we can improve, eliminate those mistakes, minimize those mistakes and continue some of the outstanding play that (weâ€™ve) seen and see whether we think that he can be a starting quarterback in the NFL. At this point, we really donâ€™t know.”
“It is only natural, of course, that each man should think his own opinions best: the crow loves his fledgling, and the ape his cub.”
“Anything seemed possible, likely, feasible, because I wanted everything to be possible... Because I had no power to make things happen outside of me in the objective world, I made things happen within. Because my environment was bare and bleak, I endowed it with unlimited potentialities, redeemed it for the sake of my own hungry and cloudy yearning.”

Source : Richard Wright (1991). “Works: Later works: Black boy (American hunger) ; The outsider”
“Certain people in the United States are driving nails into this structure of our relationship, then cutting off the heads. So the Soviets must use their teeth to pull them out.”

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