"If there had never been the Great Migration there would never have been jazz, there would never have been Michelle Obama. A lot of amazing black people exist in this country because of the Great Migration. That's nation-building."

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Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

Ayana Mathis

#Country Quotes #People Quotes #Black Quotes

“I think love is the through line and it's universal and it doesn't matter what period of time, time or place, or people, that's something we all connect to. That's the thin thread that I think keeps it altogether.”
“I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.”
“I'm gonna kick your teeth so far down your throat you'll be able to chew your own ***** out for pissin' me off.”
“I liked blues from the time my mother used to take me to church. I started to listen to gospel music, so I liked that. But I had an aunt at that time, my mother's aunt, who bought records by people like Lonnie Johnson, Robert Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson and a few others.”
“Iran is a huge country and much, much more sophisticated than most people imagine... It certainly has the potential to be at least the way Turkey is to most Americans.”

Source : "US-Iran Relations in the Age of the Ayatollah". Interview with Jon Letman, mronline.org. October 4, 2010.
“Where everything is bad it must be good to know the worst.”
“The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.”
“Grumpy is her favorite dwarf.”

Source : Christina Dodd (2008). “Into the Flame: Darkness Chosen”, p.166, Penguin

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