"This is called 'the land of the free and the home of the brave'; it is called the 'asylum of the oppressed,' and some have been foolish enough to call it the 'Cradle of Liberty.' If it is the 'Cradle of Liberty,' they have rocked the child to death."

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Source : William Wells Brown, Paula Garrett, Hollis Robbins (2006). “The Works of William Wells Brown: Using His "strong, Manly Voice"”, p.12, Oxford University Press, USA

William Wells Brown

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“Youâ€™re like Marilyn Monroe,â€™ Ken tells me, which I take as a compliment and say a nervous â€œThank Youâ€. Interrupting, he adds, â€˜Youâ€™re all velvet and Velcro. Men want you because youâ€™re sexy and broken and when it gets too rough they can say â€œHey! This toy is broken!â€ and toss you aside without feeling bad.”
“The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.”
“I'm really super feminine, and I'm really soft. I'm very sensitive, I realized.”
“I write because I'm a writer. It is rather like cooking: to make something out of the raw material at hand.”
“I found my life's calling when you spoke my name.”
“Each pattern describes a problem which occurs over and over again in our environment, and then describes the core of the solution to that problem, in such a way that you can use this solution a million times over, without ever doing it in the same way twice.”
“It's a hell of a relief. Especially for a dude like me who is so hands on and I like to pretty much all the way hip-hop. So it's difficult when you're dealing with the majors.”

Source : Source: www.hiphopcanada.com
“While in a vintage restaurant..."the past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you see it as decor, not as the shape your life's been squeezed into.”

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