"If you have to get on your knees and bow when a white person goes past do it willingly."

-- Mamie Till

#Past Quotes #White Quotes #Knees Quotes

“The true artist does not create art as an end in itself; he creates art for human beings. Humanity is the goal.”
“I believe in the separation of church and state, absolutely. But I don't believe in the separation of public life from our values, our basic values, and for many of us, our religious values.”
“Contempt mates well with pity.”

Source : Gloria Naylor (2017). “Linden Hills: A Novel”, p.26, Open Road Media
“While some of us act without thinking, too many of us think without acting.”

Source : Dan Millman (2015). “The Four Purposes of Life: Finding Meaning and Direction in a Changing World”, p.21, H J Kramer
“I'm always working. Like a lot of creative people I can't switch off. I can't disassociate work from pleasure. My job is my hobby.”
“Plot and melodrama were in every life; in some so briefly as hardly to be recognized, in others-in that of certain men and women in the public eye, for instance-they were almost in the nature of a continuous performance.”
“I think that we can learn so much if we pay attention to our dreams, whether when we are asleep or in waking dreams. There are connections that are absolutely incredible.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.”

Source : Leonardo da Vinci (2008). “Notebooks”, p.6, OUP Oxford

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