"The challenge throughout has been to tell what I view as the truth about racism without causing disabling despair."

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Source : Derrick Bell (2008). “Faces At The Bottom Of The Well: The Permanence Of Racism”, p.9, Basic Books

Derrick Bell

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“The company-as-a-machine model fits how people think about and operate conventional companies. And, of course, it fits how people think about changing conventional companies: You have a broken company, and you need to change it, to fix it.”
“My energy to sing, I get it from my singing. Singing was not a reason to make a living. This is the only thing I wanted to do.”
“You know, you really do choose your existence in a way.”

Source : "What you see and what you get". www.theguardian.com. March 11, 2005.
“The sunflower is a favorite emblem of constancy”

Source : Thomas Bulfinch (2013). “Bulfinch’s Mythology: The Age of Fable”, p.164, Lulu Press, Inc
“I was stigmatized by being a bridal designer for a long time. I am amazed I have been able to move beyond it. I had really all but given up trying, but I did it because it was my lifelong dream.”
“I started out with this dream of being a director and doing cinematography and bought my first film camera at 15.”
“Again its time to pray for peace.”
“Depression is anger slowed down; panic is grief speeded up.”

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