"Africans believed that the woman's bare breast represented God, the circle of life and the moral cleanliness of human beings."

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Source : "Kola Boof: Words with the Author of the Best Black Book of 2006". Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com.

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“She knew that she belonged to this man, body and soul. Every trace of shame departed; it was burnt out by the fire that consumed her. She gave him a thousand opportunities; she fought to turn his words to serious things. He baffled her with his shallow smile and ready tongue, that twisted all topics to triviality. By six o'clock she was morally on her knees before him; she was imploring him to stay to dinner with her. He refused.”
“Let them make their war. Whence come night and day? Whence will the eagle become gray? Whence is it that night is dark? Whence is it that the linnet is green? The ebullition of the sea, How is it not seen?”

Source : "Priv Cyfarch" by Taliesin, translated by Robert Williams, published by W. F. Skene (1858), 1858.
“The greatest teacher I know is the job itself.”
“Jesus once caused a sick man to arise on the Sabbath and take up his bed, whereupon the pious of the land raised a great outcry. But Jesus answered with superior contempt that the Sabbath was there for the sake of man, not man for the sake of the Sabbath; consequently, man was also master over the Sabbath.”

Source : "The Myth of the Twentieth Century". Book by Alfred Rosenberg, p. 229, 1930.
“And that's what art is, a form in which people can reflect on who we are as human beings and come to some understanding of this journey we are on.”

Source : "Exclusive: Wendell Pierce Discusses His Controversial Role in ‘Four’ (LAFF Premiere Today)". Interview with Jasmin Tiggett, www.indiewire.com. Junuary 15, 2012.
“The real secret of patience is to find something to do in the meantime.”
“In India, love often follows marriage. I know many people who are still very deeply in love with their wives, who they barely knew before they were married. In America there's this idea that "how could someone get married without being deeply in love with each other?" but in a lot of these cases feelings of love and affection actually grow after they've been legally and formally brought together.”
“The trust, confidence, and support given to us by our chain of command, and the tenacity of the great noncommissioned officers of the past, have laid the foundation and developed our quality corporals and sergeants.”

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