"If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle."

-- Frederick Douglass

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“But what if I make a mistake?' Will asked. Gilan threw back his head and laughed. 'A mistake? One mistake? You should be so lucky. You'll make dozens! I made four or five on my first day alone! Of course you'll make mistakes. Just don't make any of them twice. If you do mess things up, don't try to hide it. Don't try to rationalize it. Recognize it and admit it and learn from it. We never stop learning, none of us.”
“If you look at Marvel Comics, there are very few Marvel characters I would like to write.”
“Crying purifies and cleanses. I once read about a scientific experiment which demonstrated that there are 38 toxic chemicals in a tear of sadness, while only one toxin exists in a tear of joy. As you cry in sadness, fear, or confusion, you cleanse the body and spirit of toxins which cloud the mind and prevent it from accepting the truth.”
“Reading makes me feel I've accomplished something, learned something, become a better person. ... Reading is bliss.”
“I can't tell you how many people would say to me as a teenager, 'Why don't you grow up and start thinking about getting a real job?”
“With films, you completely immerse yourself in a character, get into who they are, live it and then release it.”

Source : "'Scandal' Star Columbus Short Talks Season 2, Shonda Rhimes and His Best Roles". Interview with Brooke Obie, www.ebony.com. May 18, 2012.
“My life is in the hands of any fool who makes me lose my temper.”
“In every sorrowing soul I pour'd delight, And poverty stood smiling in my sight.”

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