"If I could offer a single prescription for the survival of America, and particularly black America, it would be to restore the family. And if you asked me how to do it, my answer - doubtlessly oversimplified - would be; save the boys."

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Source : William Raspberry (1991). “Looking Backward at Us”

William Raspberry

#Boys Quotes #America Quotes #Black Quotes

“I encourage everyone to become their dream. Most young people get sidetracked and never end up doing what they really set out to do.”
“Forms in art arise from the impact of idea upon material... so that thinking and belief and attitudes may endure as actual things.”
“When I was growing up, I dreamed about becoming a cowgirl, a detective, a spy, a great actress, or a ballerina. Not a dentist, like my father, or a homemaker, like my mother - and certainly not a writer, although I always loved to read.”
“I never wear a watch, because I always know it's now - and now is when you should do it.”
“I always love to quote Albert Einstein because nobody dares contradict him.”

Source : Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Interview, www.pbs.org. December 19, 2003.
“My family was Jehovah's Witnesses, which is a really tough religion. It kind of deterred me from religion for a long time. They still practice, but I don't. But I always remained spiritual, and had a belief that there is a God. I'm trying to find my way, you know?”
“The smile made her want to hug him, and maybe love him up some more. Stupid smile.”
“Music is a defining element of character.”

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