"That one lesson that African American communities have learned over the centuries in America is that you can't just take for granted that things will steadily get better and better and better until they're great. It is fits and starts. It is backward and forward."

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Source : Source: www.slate.com

Ben H. Winters

#America Quotes #Community Quotes #Get Better Quotes

“None of us are perfect, and we all make mistakes. But the American people are a very forgiving people.”
“I've been campaigning for 17 of the last 24 months. I'm ready to legislate and not campaign.”
“The behavior of the oppressed is a prescribed behavior, following as it does the guidelines of the oppressor.”
“were you sleeping?" He chuckles. "Not by a long shot. I was just tryin' to convince myself not to make a move on you.”
“The concept of happiness has to be reorganised.”
“When people say, 'Religion is all right for some, but I am not religious, and it means nothing to me,' is it because they have not experienced the uplift that comes from sacrificing for and serving their fellowmen?”
“I want to be an actress, not a personality.”
“It is not that we have a soul, we are a soul.”

Source : Amelia Barr (2017). “All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography”, p.273, Litres

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