"Jim Grimsley's unflinching self-examination of his own boyhood racial prejudices during the era of school desegregation is one of the most compelling memoirs of recent years. Vivid, precise, and utterly honest, How I Shed My Skin is a time-machine of sorts, a reminder that our past is every bit as complex as our present, and that broad cultural changes are often intimate, personal, and idiosyncratic."

-- Dinty W. Moore

#School Quotes #Past Quotes #Self Quotes

“You will always move toward anyone who increases you and away from anyone who makes you less.”

Source : Mike Murdock (1994). “The One-Minute Businessman's Devotional”, Honor Books
“You can have all the riches and success in the world, but if you dont have your health, you have nothing.”
“Maybe the fear is that we are less than we think we are, when the actuality of it is that we are much much more.”
“The costume designer, her name is Anne Hardinge. She's done "Shaun of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz." She's really comedic costume designer, which was right up my alley. She was a joy to work with. She was like fabulous Geena Davis. She was just floating with her red lip and kind of fabulous.”

Source : "Interview: Jerusha Hess and J.J. Feild of 'Austenland'". Interview with Nell Minow, moviemom.maxlazebnik.com. August 22, 2013.
“Silence equals nonexistence. If I don't raise my voice, it's like I never existed.”
“If it is true that there is no greater sorrow than to remember a happy time in a state of misery, it is just as true that calling up a moment of anguish in a tranquil mood, seated quietly at one's desk, is a source of profound satisfaction.”

Source : Primo Levi (1984). “The periodic table”, Schocken
“We can bring to characters dark and bright sides that nobody even dreams about.”
“Winning is not a secret that belongs to a very few, winning is something that we can learn by studying ourselves, studying the environment and making ourselves ready for any challenge that is in front of us.”

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