"We need everybody and all that we are. We need to know and make known the complete, constantly unfolding, complicated heritage that is our black experience. We should absolutely resist the superstar, one at a time mentality that threatens the varied and resilient, flexible wealth of our Black future."

-- June Jordan

#Black Quotes #Needs Quotes #Heritage Quotes

“I come from nothing: but from where come the undying thoughts I bear?”

Source : Alice Meynell, Wilfrid Meynell (1931). “Selected Poems of Alice Meynell”, London, Nonesuch
“Only if you sacrifice for a cause will you love it.”
“Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.”
“I don't want the fear of failure to stop me from doing what I really care about.”

Source : "The Definitive Imagined Emma Watson Commencement Speech" by Katie Calautti, www.mtv.com. May 26, 2014.
“I like to dress for my shape - I think it's important for women to do that generally - it makes me feel good.”

Source : Source: www.marieclaire.com
“I tell my kids, 'I'm your father, not your friend - but I'm also the best friend you're ever going to have because no one is going to care for you the way I care about you.'”

Source : "'Sopranos' star discusses his 'Big Daddy' rules on raising daughters" by Nicki Gostin, www.foxnews.com. May 15, 2013.
“One day in the shower, you figure it out. It's a special day in a man's life. I was like, 'Oh, I found me a hobby.'”
“I have issued instructions that while handling the situation in Upper Assam innocent civilians should not be harassed.”

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