"No one will do for you what you need to do for yourself. We cannot afford to be separate. We have to see that all of us are in the same boat."

-- Dorothy Height

#Needs Quotes #Separation Quotes #Boat Quotes

“Power is not brute force and money; power is in your spirit. Power is in your soul. It is what your ancestors, your old people gave you. Power is in the earth; it is in your relationship to the earth.”
“I have an extremely addictive personality. I'm an extremist.”
“I typically go overboard when I research new projects.”
“I think secretly I've realized after my time on the planet that I have no control over what people feel about me or need from me, so I just have a more laid-back approach in my apologies.”
“Comparing yourself to somebody else is like comparing yourself to a bird.”
“Digital has obviously changed things a lot, but not all for the better as far as I'm concerned. Of course it's much more convenient and you're getting instant results, but to me it just lacks the finesse of a roll of film and it has a slightly superimposed feel.”
“Fresh peach pie can lift a bullying reprobate into apologetic courtesy; I have watched it happen.”
“Both the historian and the novelist view history as the struggle of a tiny minority, able and determined to make judgments, which is up against a vast and densely packed majority of the blind, who are led by their instincts and unable to think for themselves.”

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