"I am of the African race, and in the colour which is natural to them of the deepest dye; and it is under a sense of the most profound gratitude to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe."

-- Benjamin Banneker

#Gratitude Quotes #Race Quotes #Profound Quotes

“The fact is fossil fuel carbon will stay in the surface climate system for millennia.”
“If everything is amplified, we hear nothing.”
“The men with stars on their shoulders supporting gays serving in the military is going to have a profound impact.”
“I loved everything about Spain - the people, the language, and the food!”
“Guitar players never listen to lead singers.”
“The challenge of abating one with a genuine ego problem is to not try to put him down. Any and all antagonization, in his mind, is merely compensated for by his own descriptions: his feelings of persecution by the envious and his ideals of worth. Arguably, the genuine ego is more of a circumstantial defense mechanism rather than a steady arrogance in need of starvation.”
“A devastating commentary on the war in Iraq is that we have been unable to spend money on infrastructure.”
“The struggle is inner: Chicano, indio, American Indian, mojado, mexicano, immigrant Latino, Anglo in power, working class Anglo, Black, Asian--our psyches resemble the bordertowns and are populated by the same people. The struggle has always been inner, and is played out in outer terrains. Awareness of our situation must come before inner changes, which in turn come before changes in society. Nothing happens in the "real" world unless it first happens in the images in our heads.”

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