"To counter the fixation on a rhetoric of victimhood, black folks must engage in a discourse of self-determination."

-- Bell Hooks

#Determination Quotes #Self Quotes #Black Quotes

“Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance”
“Creativity is a voracious animal. It needs to be fed regularly. If you leave it untended for too long, you run the risk of starving your passion and diminishing your spirit.”
“I've never ceased to be amazed at the survival skills of poor children. I've learned how much children can actually do for themselves if only we provide the necessary means. That part is up to us.”
“I feel passionately about how I express myself. Language is the greatest motivating force. You can phrase something positively and inspire people to do their best, or negatively and make them feel worried, uncertain, and self-conscious. You can talk at a fast pace and people will get nervous, feel afraid to bring up extraneous thoughts. But those are the very thoughts that might be most important! They might represent that person's best thinking. If you're rushed, you're simply not going to get at that extra level of thinking.”
“I believe time wounds all heels.”
“I look around my neighborhood, and I see people hailing a cab or ordering their food and then paying for it all with their phone. I've read about that stuff for a really long time, and now it's starting to become commonplace.”
“The goal is partly the enjoyment; it doesn't come later, but within the very process of the struggle.”
“An essential part of power is the freedom not to think too deeply”

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