"This Great God, Like a mammy bending over her baby, Kneeled down in the dust Toiling over a lump of clay Till He shaped it in His own image."

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Source : James Weldon Johnson (2000). “Complete Poems”, p.17, Penguin

James Weldon Johnson

#Baby Quotes #Dust Quotes #Clay Quotes

“Children of those who have been incarcerated are five times more likely to go to prison than children of parents who have never been incarcerated. The sins of the father visiting the child.”
“Five or six hundred [aristocratic] heads lopped off would have assured you repose and happiness; a false humanity has restrained your arm and suspended your blows; it will cost the lives of millions of your brothers.”

Source : L'Ami du peuple newspaper, Volume 2, p. 1121,
“Too much self-regard has never struck me as dignified: trying to twist over my shoulder to view my own behind.”
“Find new treasures in yourself. Love doesn't die. Love is unyielding. It's going to come back. The more you love and appreciate yourself, the more prepared you are when the real thing shows up.”
“Indiana Jones. I always knew some day you'd come walking back through my door. I never doubted that. Something made it inevitable.”
“Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.”
“The Archer novels are about various kinds of brokenness.”
“Liberals often don't see the problems, and conservatives don't see the promise, of government.”

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