"We have multiple Black men and women losing their lives simply for being. Who gets to say you don't get to live anymore? I don't understand that. And it doesn't stop there. Can we go into the school system and look at the imbalance of what our children are learning? We are functioning crazy, people."

-- Regina Belle

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“Sometimes you ask God for something and you don't know what you're asking.”
“It's actually quite common for presidents to believe that future generations will render a verdict on their presidencies that is more lasting or definitive than the judgments of their contemporaries. The reason is that although history is certainly "an argument without end" - we're still debating many age-old questions - time does help settle others.”

Source : "Making Presidential History". Live chat, www.slate.com. August 9, 2007.
“During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art.”
“Thanks to the invention of the telescope, planets that are 100 billion miles away look to be only 50 billion miles away.”
“He who is a beginner on the way must not be brought to practise the commandments by kindness alone, but must more often be induced to continue the struggle by being rigorously reminded of God's judgment. In this way he will not only be moved by love to desire what is divine, but will be moved by fear to avoid what is evil. For 'I will sing to Thee, O Lord, of mercy and judgment' (Ps. 101:1 LXX). He will sing to God charmed by love, and steeled by fear he will have strength for the song.”
“The reason why we often get poor advice is that it's hard to find a person who always has our best interest at heart, isn't envious in any way, and at no level thinks he knows what's best for you.”

Source : Dr. David J. Lieberman, Ph.D. (2010). “Get Anyone to Do Anything: Never Feel Powerless Again--With Psychological Secrets to Control and Influence Every Situation”, p.155, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
“Needing nothing attracts everything.”

Source : FaceBook post by Russell Simmons from Feb 09, 2014
“The ultimate sin of any performer is contempt for the audience.”

Source : Lester Bangs (1988). “Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung”, Anchor Books

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