"Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are."

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Toni Morrison

#Fear Quotes #Boys Quotes #Black Quotes

“Fantasy-based ideologies invariably have neat happy endings where all the bad people and all the bad behavior goes away when the volume is turned up and enough force is applied.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I do a little improv in my shows. Kind of like our movie, I'll do beats and ideas of dialogue, but I think there's less pressure because it's a live show. If you mess up, the audience laughs because we don't really know what we're doing. But as far as shooting, that was very scary, trying to make a point and drive the film. It definitely helped improvising.”

Source : Source: www.seventeen.com
“I expected Dracula to come jumping out any second. If he did I'd have held up a cross, cause he's allergic to bullshit.”
“I remember hearing stories from my mother and father about their parents and grandparents when they were taken off the reservation, taken to the boarding schools, and pretty much taught to be ashamed of who they were as Native Americans. You can feel that impact today.”

Source : "Chaske Spencer, Actor (Twilight)". Interview with Gabriel Canada, www.racebending.com. October 31, 2010.
“The winter is forbidden till December, And exits March the second on the dot. By order summer lingers through September In Camelot.”

Source : "Camelot" (song) (1960)
“The Republic of Texas is no more.”
“I'd rather be a victor than a victim.”
“Pity the married couple who expect too much from one another.”

Source : Ruth Bell Graham (2001). “Never let it end: poems of a lifelong love”, Baker Pub Group

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