"Obama was elected in a flourish of promise that many in the African-American community believed would help not only to symbolize African-American progress since the Civil War and Civil Rights Acts but that his presidency would result in doors opening in the halls of power as had never been seen before by black America."

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Source : "Obama or Clinton better for blacks?" by Douglas Wilder, www.politico.com. December 12, 2011.

Douglas Wilder

#War Quotes #Rights Quotes #Doors Quotes

“I still do television. I don't care. I just want to work. I love to work. I want to do 500 movies.”
“But there would be no confrontation the next day. And for Tommy Williams, there would be no school, either. Because the moment he walked through the gap in the stones to leave the circle, something quiet unexpected happened. Tommy, holding tightly on to his rock, took the step that divided the inside of the circle from the outside - and disappeared. The woods suddenly felt colder than usual. The darkness hung more heavily. The amber was gone - and now nothing would ever be the same.”
“You are worried that the religious Right might succeed in forcing their values onto us? I am worried they might fail.”

Source : Rabbi Daniel Lapin (2012). “America's Real War”, p.56, Multnomah
“If you recognize how you are most effective - whether it's how you present yourself or whether it's how you speak, how you convey enthusiasm - when you realize what makes you feel like your most confident self, that's when you are going to be your best. You just have to figure out what makes you effective in your environment. As long as you get that right, they are always going to remember you a lot more!”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“Mother is not a title. Mother is a verb. It is not who you are. It's what you do.”

Source : Twitter post from May 11, 2013
“Anybody is liable to rheumatism in her legs, Anne. It's only old people who should have rheumatism in their souls, though. Thanks goodness, I never have. When you get rheumatism in your soul you might as well go and pick out your coffin.”
“It's fun to be able to revisit a song and do something that doesn't really illustrate the song but works tangentially or runs parallel to the song in some way.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Forever this time," he said as Sawyer strode toward them. Tara sighed blissfully. "You know what this means, right?" "I'm done guessing," he said. "Tell me." "It means you're mine," she said. "And I'm yours. No more walking away. We are going to get it right this time." His smile was slow and easy, and just for her. "Well, finally.”

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