"I can speak of slavery only so far as it came under my own observation - only so far as I have known and experienced it in my own person."

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Source : Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Solomon Northup, Olaudah Equiano (2016). “Slave Narratives Compilation: Twelve Years A Slave, My Bondage and My Freedom, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave”, p.330, ShandonPress

Solomon Northup

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“It isnt easy to put all of the ingredients together and one of the key things is this is the first time theres been a real, significant governmental body participation. In our case, its Collin County and the City of Frisco, the Frisco Economic Development group and the Frisco Independent School District. Those bodies, and Hunt Sports Group, obviously, put money into the project, and that has helped make it work.”
“A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject of all, subject to all.”
“Some characters become your friends for life. That's how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy.”
“Thankfully, the love of those around me helped push me forward.”

Source : "Reign Actor Jonathan Keltz: Nothing but the Present". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Do not despise your situation; in it you must act, suffer, and conquer. From every point on earth we are equally near to heaven and to the infinite.”
“Tobacco is the opiate of the gentleman, the religion of the rich.”
“I do not myself feel that any person who is really profoundly humane can believe in everlasting punishment.”
“Speaking of stage freight. I was terrified! It was in NOLA at an all ages show. I was wearing Jeans, a Van Halen t-shirt, and a bandana on my neck. Once I gripped that microphone stand, I did not let go! I plugged my microphone into a guitar FX pedal. Then at the end of the a Black Sabbath song we were covering, I hit the guitar pedal. It was horrific!”

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