"When I came back, after all those stories about Hitler and his snub, I came back to my native country, and I could not ride in the front of the bus. I had to go to the back door. I couldn't live where I wanted. Now what's the difference?"

-- Jesse Owens

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“Silence came before creation, and the heavens were spread without a word”
“To discover, or recover, the sense of religious certainty one must worship.”
“Not every show needs to reach the same size of audience, or same width, of a â€˜Sopranos,'”
“What is most appalling in an F. Scott Fitzgerald book is that it is peopleless fiction: Fitzgerald writes about spectral, muscledsuits; dresses, hats, and sleeves which have some sort of vague, libidinous throb. These are plainly the product of sickness.”
“Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not.”
“Fatherhood isn't always a planned thing, but when it happens you just do it. It's very natural and in that sense it's not really difficult.”
“We need courage and strength, a kind of warrior spirit. But the place for this warrior strength is in the heart. We need energy, commitment, and courage not to run from our life nor to cover it over with any philosophy-mate rial or spiritual. We need a warriorâ€™s heart that lets us face our lives directly, our pains and limitations, our joys and possibilities.”
“I prefer a church which is bruised, hurting and dirty because it has been out on the streets, rather than a church which is unhealthy from being confined and from clinging to its own security.”

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