"Besides all this, if you are idle, and take to bad courses, you will hurt those of your brethren who are slaves, and do all in your power to prevent their being free."

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Source : Jupiter Hammon, Stanley Austin Ransom (1983). “America's first Negro poet: the complete works of Jupiter Hammon of Long Island”, Associated Faculty Pr Inc

Jupiter Hammon

#Hurt Quotes #Being Free Quotes #Slave Quotes

“I gave birth to my first son in April 1986. I thought it would be a good goal to get back in shape after having a baby if I ran the New York City Marathon. I ran in it November 1986. I had just shot the 'Sports Illustrated' swimsuit issue, so I was in great shape.”
“We are No. 1 worldwide by quite a margin on the client side and expanding, according to IDC and others, every single quarter. Our expectation is that the industry will consolidate and that more of our competitors will exit.”

Source : "Interview: Dell's Rollins lays out a road map, from services to AMD". Interview with Tom Sullivan, www.infoworld.com. November 12, 2004.
“I'd so much rather people think I was funny than pretty.”
“the question now was...whether that beautiful fabric [the English constitution]...was to be maintained in that freedom...for which blood had been spilt; or whether we were to submit to that system of despotism, which had so many advocates in this country.”

Source : "The Speeches of the Rt. Hon. C. J. Fox in the House of Commons. Volume I" edited by J. Wright, (p. 261), 1815.
“This may surprise you, but there were a large number of valuable buys during the Depression.”
“Occasionally, when I run into a great bass backstage at a festival I'll play a few notes on the low E string, just to feel the instrument vibrate against my belly.”
“New Year's Eve always terrifies me.”
“Americans count on the guaranteed benefits they paid for under Medicare.”

Source : "Five Things to Know About the GOP Plan for Medicare" by John B. Larson, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 1, 2011.

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