"I have always respected everyone's..."

-- Hazel Scott

#African American Quotes

“There's always risk. But I'm going to come in and play hard. I want to come in and contribute.”
“You may batter your way through the thick of the fray, You may sweat, you may swear, you may grunt; You may be a jack-fool, if you must, but this rule Should ever be kept at the front;-- Don't fight with your pillow, but lay down your head And kick every worriment out of the bed.”

Source : Edmund Vance Cooke, “Don't Take Your Troubles To Bed”
“Meat consumption is just as dangerous to public health as tobacco use... It's time we looked into holding the meat producers and fast-food outlets legally accountable.”
“Worship is love responding to love.”

Source : Judson Cornwall (2013). “Let Us Worship”, p.39, ReadHowYouWant.com
“These people seemed so enwrapped in snobbishness and the glory of being rich that they had no art sense whatever.”
“Stephenie Meyer: Her vampires are sparkly, which I think we can all agree is wrong.”
“As soon as you take responsibility for your life, you can change the world.”
“I don't see myself doing television, but I do see myself directing.”

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