"I believe if we make black America better, we make all of America better."

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Tavis Smiley

#Believe Quotes #America Quotes #Black Quotes

“Mostly though, they waited. For the mail. For the news. For the bells. For breakfast and lunch and dinner. For one day to be over and the next day to begin.”

Source : Julie Otsuka (2007). “When the Emperor Was Divine”, p.54, Anchor
“Another cultural thing that's really creepy. It's not like in the '60s, where there were definitely great high points of creativity where people were trying to outdo each other to be noticed even”

Source : "Burning Airlines". Interview with Camilo Arturo Leslie, pitchfork.com. February 1, 2001.
“New pressures are causing ever more people to find their main satisfaction in their consumptive role rather than in their productive role. And these pressures are bringing forward such traits as pleasure-mindedness, self-indulgence, materialism, and passivity as conspicuous elements of the American character.”
“I don't believe that your phone should be an assistant.”

Source : "Android Chief Says Your Phone Should Not Be Your Assistant". allthingsd.com. October 19, 2011.
“Don't fall asleep yet. Contrary to popular belief, that's not where dreams get accomplished.”
“We need to look at what Europe is doing to get better and try to get better ourselves. We need to make some changes and that can only be good for the game. Tolstoy once said, 'Everybody wants to change the world, but they don't want to change themselves.' So we all have to change our thinking and focus on getting our kids better.”
“In the Trump language, words change their meaning day by day depending on his own political needs.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“Nothing in life has any meaning except the meaning you give it.”

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