"I was leaving the South to fling myself into the unknown . . . I was taking a part of the South to transplant in alien soil, to see if it could grow differently, if it could drink of new and cool rains, bend in strange winds, respond to the warmth of other suns and, perhaps, to bloom"

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Source : Richard Wright (1997). “Richard Wright Reader”

Richard Wright

#Rain Quotes #Wind Quotes #Leaving Quotes

“Criticism, analysis, and insults are tragic expressions of unmet needs.”
“What makes a good leadoff hitter? Deion Sanders had speed, but he wasn't the ideal leadoff hitter. What was his on-base percentage? The criteria shouldn't be speed, it should be getting on base.”
“The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.”
“I donâ€™t measure America by its achievement but by its potential.”
“I loved the movie theater so I always saw a lot of movies. And then there was a play, I saw in the local paper, they were having auditions for a play of a book I had read. Which was One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. So I said, "oh, I've read this, so I'm perfect for the part of the lead." His name is escaping me.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I leave my circle tight in keep my family close.”
“People think you have to go through a lot of changes to become a soul singer, You just have to go through life.”
“And guys, if you exploit a girl, it will come back to get you. That's called 'karma.'”

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