"We have come over a way that with tears has been watered, We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered."

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Source : Song: Lift Every Voice and Sing

James Weldon Johnson

#Blood Quotes #Black History Quotes #Tears Quotes

“What is a fleecy as a cloud, As majestic and shimmering as the breaking dawn, As gorgeous as the sun the sun is strong? Why, it's ME! Twilight, the Great Gray, Tiger of the sky --- Light of the Night, Most beautiful, An avian delight. I beam --- I gleam --- I'm a livin' flying dream. Watch me roll off this cloud and pop on back. This is flying. I ain't no hack.”
“I've likened it to another major corporate announcement for Alliance. Not only does Prudential bring capital into the Alliance program, but through the relationship we will be able to build with them. We may have some opportunities to do some future development with them in an extension of this partnership.”
“Ahh! Lady Pillows. So much fluffier than mine.â€ He took a giant whiff. â€œWhy does everything girlie smell so delightful?â€ â€œBecause we acknowledge the importance of basic hygiene. And periodically clean our bathrooms.â€ â€œBrilliant. I should write that down. After all, it takes a village.”
“Yoga is a metaphor for life. You have to take it really slowly. You can't rush. You can't skip to the next position. You find yourself in very humiliating situations, but you can't judge yourself. You just have to breathe, and let go. It is a workout for your mind, your body and your soul.”
“Far be it from me to suggest that geologists should be reckless in their drafts upon the bank of Time; but nothing whatever is gained, and very much is lost, by persistent niggardliness in this direction.”
“I measure my life in sentences pressed out, line by line, like the lustrous ooze on the underside of the snail, the snail's secret open seam, its wound, leaking attar.”
“And the voters, many of them, feel that the economic system is stacked against them and they want stuff. You are going to see a tremendous Hispanic vote for President Obama. Overwhelming black vote for President Obama. And women will probably break President Obamas way. People feel that they are entitled to things and which candidate, between the two, is going to give them things?”
“So hope for a great sea-change On the far side of revenge. Believe that further shore Is reachable from here. Believe in miracles And cures and healing wells.”

Source : Speech by the President of USA to the People of Derry, cain.ulst.ac.uk. November 30, 1995.

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