"Black college-educated people got to where they are on the backs of domestic help, meaning their parents and grandparents. So people should not forget how they got to where they are."

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Esther Rolle

#College Quotes #People Quotes #Grandparent Quotes

“Not many women got to live out the daydream of womenâ€”to have a room, even a section of a room, that only gets messed up when she messes it up herself.”

Source : Maxine Hong Kingston (2010). “The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts”, p.69, Vintage
“For me, my 20s were all about reaching for the brass ring of work in theater, television, and film, surviving in between by waiting tables, painting houses, serving coffee, and temping.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Those who have suffered much become very bitter or very gentle.”
“Kids want nothing more than for all the important adults in their life to get along.”
“Religious doctrines would do well to withdraw their pretension to be dealing with matters of fact. That pretension is not only the source of the conflicts of religion with science and the vain and bitter controversies of sects; it is also the cause of the impurity and incoherence of religion in the soul.”
“Even in the running away from hurting, there is hurting.Â In opening unprotected to the experienceÂ that is enslaving you with its torment,Â there is the willingness to be free.â€Â Are you willing? Or do you just want towait until the worldÂ finally gets it and does it your way?”
“Just because I'm married to Doug doesn't mean I can't be here for you.”
“It sounds very pretentious, but I don't lie. It's too uncomfortable. A lot of people think because you're an actor that makes you a good liar, but one of the things I can't articulate is a bad lie.”

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