"Culture, which makes talent shine, is not completely ours either, nor can we place it solely at our disposal. Rather, it belongs mainly to our country, which gave it to us, and to humanity, from which we receive it as a birthright."

-- Jose Marti

#Country Quotes #Shining Quotes #Humanity Quotes

“This time it will be a long one.”
“Photography has the capacity to provide images of man and his environment that are both works of art and moments in history.”
“Lift every voice and sing Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty. Let our rejoicing rise high as the listening skies; Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.”

Source : James Weldon Johnson (2011). “The Essential Writings of James Weldon Johnson”, p.227, Modern Library
“I maintain that in every position that arises, we should deliberately search, among other things, for pieces which have no retreat. If we see one, we automatically look to see if it can be netted.”
“To those supporters who were told that I abandoned them, that is untrue. I abandoned greed, corruption, and compromise, never you, and never the artistic gifts and abilities that sustained me.”
“A golf ball is white, dimpled like a bishop's knees, and is the size of small mandarin oranges or those huge pills which vets blow down the throats of constipated cart-horses.”
“The power of association is stronger than the power of beauty; therefore, the power of association is the power of beauty.”
“I certainly didn't have a nanny.”

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