"Nobody wants to know a colored woman's opinion about her own status of that of her group. When she dares express it, no matter how mild or tactful it may be, it is called 'propaganda,' or is labeled 'controversial.' Those two words have come to have a very ominous sound to me."

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Source : Mary Church Terrell (1986). “A Colored Woman in a White World”

Mary Church Terrell

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“I know that I could really kill for my daughter. I know because I'm living for her, so I'm fierce when it comes down to it. And I feel the same about my husband and my family. I'm just fiercely protective. It's like, that's my lair and nobody messes with my lair.”
“Its so weird how connecting with someone in a different setting can bring out this whole other side of them. Like how certain places inspire us to act in ways we normally wouldn't.”
“A lot of independent films offer a harsh reality check.”
“What would you like to do if money were no object? How would you really enjoy spending your life?”
“Fiction allows us to see the world from the point of view of someone else and there has been quite a lot of neurological research that shows reading novels is actually good for you. It embeds you in society and makes you think about other people. People are certainly better at all sorts of things if they can hold a novel in their heads. It is quite a skill, but if you can't do it then you're missing out on something in life. I think you can tell, when you meet someone, whether they read novels or not. There is some little hollowness if they don't.”

Source : "Philip Hensher: a life in writing" by Nicholas Wroe, www.theguardian.com. March 30, 2012.
“People seem to see no difference between an intimate conversation and a conversation at the water cooler.”
“Video games are bad for you? That's what they said about rock-n-roll.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Leadership requires a non-stop demand of fortitude from Day 1 to the end.”

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