"A great wave of humiliation and shame swept over me. Shame that I belonged to a race that could be so dealt with; and shame for my country, that it, the great example of democracy to the world, should be the only civilized, if not the only state on earth, where a human being would be burned alive."

-- James Weldon Johnson

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“Yet you should practice the greatest possible love and confidence in treating with Him.”
“When things are going awry, it's time to put the blinders on and do your job. Just do your job. Don't worry about the other guy, don't worry about the wins and losses, just worry about what the very next play is.”

Source : "John Riggins Interview: One-On-One With The Redskins Hall of Fame Legend". Interview with Shae Cronin, bleacherreport.com.
“I wanted nothing else than to make the object as perfect as possible.”
“Peter Beard is one of those people I've known a long time. We have an affinity. We share certain values.”
“Everyone in your culture knows this. Man was born to turn the world into paradise, but tragically he was born flawed. And so his paradise has always been spoiled by stupidty, greed, destructiveness, and shortsightedness.”

Source : Daniel Quinn (2009). “Ishmael: A Novel”, p.83, Bantam
“It means so much being a part of country music and the Opry.”
“I didnâ€™t break his jaw, but if he lays a hand on you, it will be the first of many things to break,â€ Patch said.”
“You will survive anything if you live your life from the point of view of truth.”

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