"I don't believe in that kind of American John Wayne individualism where people pull themselves up by their bootstraps. Someone changed your diapers. And if that's the case, you ain't self-made."

-- Michael Eric Dyson

#Believe Quotes #Self Quotes #People Quotes

“All material in nature, the mountains and the streams and the air and we, are made of Light which has been spent, and this crumpled mass called material casts a shadow, and the shadow belongs to Light.”
“You don't have a baby based on that publicity madness. People don't live like that. Especially black people who were raised in families with morals and standards and integrity.”
“We have been friends together In sunshine and in shade.”

Source : Caroline Sheridan Norton (1853). “The Undying One: And Other Poems”, p.209
“If women had never been given the right to vote, then Labour would have won every election after the war.”
“I drifted into photography like one drifts into prostitution. First I did it to please myself, then I did it to please my friends, and eventually I did it for the money.”
“I'm indebted to the teachers who shaped me - from the Sisters of St. Joseph at St. Croix Catholic elementary to the monks of St. John's in Minnesota to my professors at Georgetown.”
“You can't please everyone. When you're too focused on living up to other people's standards, you aren't spending enough time raising your own. Some people may whisper, complain and judge. But for the most part, it's all in your head. People care less about your actions than you think. Why? They have their own problems!”
“I've never been interested in things that sparkle and shine, I'm more interested in people.”

Source : Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. September 20, 2010.

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