"here and there in the barrios and the favelas, among those who have least, beat hearts of hope, fly sparks of Overcoming."

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Source : Mumia Abu-Jamal (2003). “Death Blossoms: Reflections from a Prisoner of Conscience”, p.54, South End Press

Mumia Abu-Jamal

#Heart Quotes #Favelas Quotes #Sparks Quotes

“The best time to set up a new discipline is when the idea is strong.”
“What if you wake up some day, and you're 65... and you were just so strung out on perfectionism and people-pleasing that you forgot to have a big juicy creative life?”
“I use printers to make prints of the images that I am creating. And I try to have that surface kind of replicated in the painting.”
“The passion for travelling is, I believe, instinctive in some natures. We have seen men persevere in their enterprises against the most formidable obstacles; and, without means or friends, and even ignorant of the languages of the various countries through which they passed, pursue their perilous journeys into remote places, until, like the knight in the Arabian tale, they succeeded in snatching a memorial from every shrine they visited.”

Source : James Holman (2009). “A Voyage Round the World: Volume I, Including Travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia, America, etc., etc., from 1827 to 1832”, p.6, The Floating Press
“Girls are like pianos. When they're not upright, they're grand.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“However, in spite of the general perception that monetary policy should be conducted so as to avert deflation, a central bank cannot lower interest rates below the zero lower bound.”
“Libraries should be open to all - except the censor. [Response to questionnaire in Saturday Review, October 29 1960]”
“It doesn't matter if you're photographing a porter in a market in Marrakech or you're photographing the king of Morroco. You have the same sympathetic approach to everybody. You be nice to everybody, basically.”

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