"Black people in America have come from slavery to other forms of being oppressed and there are some things that come with that - some pain and anger that come with that and we as black people have to deal with it to heal that. White people have to understand it and have some compassion toward it."

-- Common

#Pain Quotes #Compassion Quotes #White Quotes

“I decided to write [Collateral Beauty] on my own which made it the first spec script I wrote in 11 years.”

Source : Source: www.christianpost.com
“I lived in LA for a few months. It seemed like no one there had parents. Or if they did have parents, they would deny it.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above all other values - above personal wealth, technical power and nationalism.”
“But that's the hardest part of healing.' What?' Realizing there's no one to hate.”
“Film and art are close together.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“In the 2000 presidential election, Al Gore got more votes than George W. Bush, but still lost the election. The Supreme Court's ruling in Florida gave Bush that pivotal state, and doomed Gore to lose the Electoral College. That odd scenario - where the candidate with the most votes loses - has happened three times in U.S. history.”
“God is a concept by which we measure our pain.”

Source : "God" (song) (1970)
“I listen to a lot of different kinds of music.”

Source : Source: aalbc.com

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