"It is essential to resist the depiction of history as the work of heroic individuals"

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Angela Davis

#Essentials Quotes #Heroic Quotes #Individual Quotes

“We should always be practical, realistic and optimistic.”
“Even the shows or movies that we know are not going to change the world, I love this. I love 'em. I'm a movie fan. I'm a nerd of any kind. I love a big studio comedy as much as I love the teeniest tiniest of indie. I'm not a snob in that way. I really do like a big, big studio comedy.”
“As long as we can feel hope, there is hope.”
“My biggest thing is banana pudding, but it's the devil! So no one is allowed to bring it into my house. Because I can't control myself. So why put it in my domain?”
“It amused me to think that one can tell the truth when one is drunk and nobody will believe it.”
“There is no fouler fiend than a woman when her mind is bent to evil.”
“Only very rarely are foreigners or first-generation immigrants allowed to be nice people in American films. Those with an accent are bad guys”
“In 1792, my Sister told me, I was growing out of my senses.”

Source : Joanna Southcott (1813). “Copies of letters sent to the clergy of Exeter. 1813. A communication sent in a letter to the Reverend Mr. P. in 1797. [1814] A dispute between the woman and the powers of darkness. 2d ed. 1813. The answer of the Lord to the powers of darkness. 2d ed. 1813. A caution and instruction to the sealed. 1807. A warning to the world. [1804] The strange effects of faith. 2d ed. 1801”

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