"I asked her if I was black or white. She replied "You are a human being. Educate yourself or you'll be a nobody!"

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Source : James McBride (2012). “The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother”, p.70, A&C Black

James McBride

#White Quotes #Black Quotes #Educate Quotes

“I had a cigarette for breakfast, just for beginners, Cried for my lunch, and sleep for dinner.”
“Be happy for those who are happy, have compassion towards the unhappy, and maintain equanimity towards the wicked.”
“We can use laws to prosecute and make people think twice before going to do something like blowing up Buddhas and other things.”

Source : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk
“Man shall find his anchorage in self-recognition.”
“But inner experience is only one source of human knowledge.”

Source : Sir Muhammad Iqbal (2000). “The religious thought in Islam”
“People think we have coasted the last four years. We fought, we had a lot of battles. We've always had to battle.”
“There are two impulses in theatre: to be frivolous or to make rules.”
“To me, the object of practicing is to allow you to play what you hear. But you're always hearing new things, so you never get to the end of it.”

Source : "Once-stricken saxman: Music 'gave me my life'". Interview with Shanon Cook, www.cnn.com. August 15, 2008.

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