"Where do you begin telling someone their world is not the only one?"

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Source : Lee Maracle (2017). “Ravensong—A Novel”, p.61, Canadian Scholars’ Press

Lee Maracle

“There is indeed something deeply wrong with a person who lacks principles, who has no moral core. There are, likewise, certainly values that brook no compromise, and I would count among them integrity, fairness, and the avoidance of cruelty. But I have never accepted the argument that principle is compromised by judging each situation on its own merits, with due appreciation of the idiosyncrasy of human motivation and fallibility.”
“So I didn't have anything to do with picking the songs, but I got to musically take them in places I thought might be interesting, so it was a real neat collaboration among the three of us.”
“Black people should have recognition for themselves and their backgrounds and their relationships with other people in the world and thus lose some of their alienation. This museum has certainly stood for that in this town.”
“I have seldom, if ever, seen money and gentleness go hand in hand.”

Source : Grace Metalious (2011). “Peyton Place”, p.356, UPNE
“Communication is the key, and it's one thing I had to learn-to talk to the actors. I was so involved with the visual and technical aspects that I would forget about the actors.”
“Heroes didn't win. The heroes were whoever happened to win. History told their story -- the dead didn't say a word. All of it was bullshit.”
“I think that show will go down in history... people will scratch their heads and say 'How did this ever get on the air?' I mean, they finally have a planet that's populated with a black race and then they present them as savage warriors, and the men want the white girl!”
“Be an encourager. The world has plenty of critics already.”

Source : FaceBook post by Dave Willis from Apr 05, 2017

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