"... the histories of Blacks and Jews in bondage and out of bondage, have been blood histories pursued through our kindred searchings for self-determination. Let this blood be a stain of honor that we share. Let us not now become enemies to ourselves and to each other."

-- June Jordan

#Determination Quotes #Self Quotes #Blood Quotes

“A problem becomes a problem only if you believe it to be so. And often others see you as you see yourself.”

Source : Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (2009). “The Palace of Illusions: A Novel”, p.9, Anchor
“Reasons come first. Answers come second”
“My dad gave me my first bike at 16. I soon fell off and was in a wheelchair for weeks. I haven't fallen since.”
“Ah, why can't I know if I love, or if I hate?”
“If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.”
“He look'd a little disorder'd, when he said this, but I did not apprehend any thing from it at that time, believing as it us'd to be said, that they who do those things never talk of them; or that they who talk of such things never do them.”
“I started going to rock shows at a really young age, and seeing other young people make music definitely influenced me.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Although I'm a lead guitarist, I'd say that a good 95 percent of my time onstage is spent playing rhythm.”

You may also like:

Adrienne Rich
Poet
Alice Walker
Author
Audre Lorde
Writer
Fannie Lou Hamer
Political leader
Gwendolyn Brooks
Poet
Lucille Clifton
Poet
Nikki Giovanni
Writer
Ntozake Shange
Playwright
Sonia Sanchez
Poet