"People need jobs, people need happy and successful lives; there should be marriage between one man and one woman, there should the value of person from conception until natural death."

-- Alveda King

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“When you're kept by a patron you don't have to duke it out in the media marketplace for dollars and for readers. In some ways that's a blessing because it takes a lot of pressure off you.”
“Fundamentals are right down to earth. And one fundamental is: You have to make calls. Nothing happens until you make a call. Itâ€™s that fundamental!”
“Unsoundness in a slave, as well as in a horse, detracts materially from his value. If no warranty is given, a close examination is a matter of particular importance to the Negro jockey.”

Source : Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Solomon Northup, Olaudah Equiano (2016). “Slave Narratives Compilation: Twelve Years A Slave, My Bondage and My Freedom, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave”, p.351, ShandonPress
“The condition in New Orleans was changing every day. I said, why don't we appropriate another $10 billion, come back and look at the situation, and do another $10 billion every week, or every 10 days?”
“In terms of instilling the values of mental toughness and work ethic, discipline is the gift that keeps on giving.”
“Mister Dresden," he said. "And Miss Rodriguez, I believe. I didn't realize you were an art collector." "I am the foremost collector of velvet Elvii in the city of Chicago," I said at once. "Elvii?" Marcone inquired. "The plural could be Elvises, I guess," I said. "But if I say that too often, I start muttering to myself and calling things 'my precious,' so I usually go with the Latin plural.”
“People want to feel united, they want to have that religious sense they want to feel like at a rave 10,000 people at the rave are feeling the same emotions, a very primal need that's not being fulfilled in the world today.”
“What I learned with Cecil Taylor was strategy and survival and how to resist temptations and resist getting discouraged.”

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