"Until the killing of black men, black mothers' sons, becomes as important to the rest of the country as the killing of a white mother's sons, we who believe in freedom cannot rest until this happens."

-- Ella Baker

#Mother Quotes #Country Quotes #Believe Quotes

“You don't have to appreciate me - I hope you underestimate me. That way, when I have a good game, it'll hit you even harder.”

Source : Source: www.gq.com
“Kiss me with rain on your eyelashes, come on, let us sway together, under the trees, and to hell with thunder.”

Source : Edwin Morgan (2011). “A Book of Lives”, p.42, Carcanet
“In olden times an enemy was sometimes poisoned by a bouquet,--deceit sugar-coated.”
“I am completing a book I began back in 2002 called 'Poems in the Manner of.' 'The Matador of Metaphor' is from this manuscript. It is an homage to Wallace Stevens that appropriates certain of his techniques.”
“I think more people would be alive today if there were a death penalty.”
“Sometimes I'm afraid that my daughter might think that I get my hair done for a living.”
“And I said to myself, here's the problem with the world: The Italians are too Italian, and nobody else is Italian enough.”
“Ultimately what is not needed now is recriminations.”

Source : Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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