"I found a special eagerness among the younger, and I am sorry to say, the more intelligent Negroes, to dismiss the spiritual as something beneath their new pride in their race. It is as if they wanted to put it behind them as something to be ashamed of..."

-- Paul Robeson

#Spiritual Quotes #Sorry Quotes #Pride Quotes

“I remember once acting really cool on a bus with this girl named Stephanie. When I got home, I realized that I had a really big zit on my forehead. If you have acne problems, you really shouldn't be acting like Don Juan.”
“Your genuine action will explain itself, and will explain your other genuine actions. Your conformity explains nothing.”
“I can be a rock star with a television show and still have a self-esteem problem. So it's nice to have your dad go, 'Hey Melissa, I'm proud of you - you're doing good.'”
“The day that this country ceases to be free for irreligion it will cease to be free for religion - except for the sect that can win political power.”

Source : Zorach v. Clauson (dissenting opinion) (1952)
“Acting. Whenever I am playing a character, I use my real life experiences, which puts me on the line of reliving some of those good and bad times. Acting requires risk, and that's what feeling vulnerable is.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. August 1, 2014.
“I like the present and tomorrow”
“There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.”
“I never, in all my life, had anything whatever to do with robbing any bank in the state of Missouri.”

Source : Cole Younger (2014). “The Story of Cole Younger”, p.19, Minnesota Historical Society Press

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