"If there was no Bible, it would be no matter whether you could read or not. Reading other books would do you no good."

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Source : Jupiter Hammon, Stanley Austin Ransom (1983). “America's first Negro poet: the complete works of Jupiter Hammon of Long Island”, Associated Faculty Pr Inc

Jupiter Hammon

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“For years The National has been labeled as a gloomy kind of rock bandI think mostly because of Mattâ€™s deep baritone voice, which even if he is singing about unicorns and butterflies, he just sounds sad most of the time.”
“We had a good run, and now itâ€™s over; whatâ€™s wrong with that?”
“Laugh at yourself and at life. Not in the spirit of derision or whining self-pity, but as a remedy, a miracle drug, that will ease your pain, cure your depression, and help you to put in perspective that seemingly terrible defeat... Never take yourself too seriously.”
“You can have computer sights of anything you like, but I think you have to go to the enemy on the shortest distance and knock him down from point-blank range. You'll get him from in close. At long distance, it's questionable.”
“I - and there are hundreds of thousands of Irishmen who felt on this subject as I do - have always liked my Celtic countrymen and disliked the English nation; it is a national trait of character, and I cannot help it.”
“Clients say, 'What's your strategy,' and I say, 'Ask me what I believe first.' That's a far more enduring answer.”
“I moved to Chicago in 1980 to go to college”
“Worship...is evoked by Christ, through the Spirit, in such a way that He is the One who acts in us and through us, so that our worship becomes real worship in Spirit and in Truth.”

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