"Each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it, in relative opacity."

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Source : Frantz Fanon (2007). “The Wretched of the Earth”, p.41, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Frantz Fanon

#Generations Quotes #Missions Quotes #Betray Quotes

“For eight years Republicans worked around the clock to delegitimize Bill Clinton. For the next eight years, Democrats tried to delegitimize Bush. Now Barack Obama is enduring the rage of his conservative opposition.”
“I realized that bullying never has to do with you. It's the bully who's insecure.”
“What's most worthless about dreams is that everybody has them.”
“About cars: They can list with faithful accuracy each model they acquired through the years, how much they paid for each one, its main faults, and why they traded it in - but they couldn't list as many close friends.”
“Persons appear to us according to the light we throw upon them from our own minds. -Laura Ingalls Wilder, author (1867-1957)”
“I have written it before and am not ashamed to write it again. Without Wodehouse I am not sure that I would be a tenth of what I am today -- whatever that may be. In my teenage years, his writings awoke me to the possibilities of language. His rhythms, tropes, tricks and mannerisms are deep within me. But more than that, he taught me something about good nature. It is enough to be benign, to be gentle, to be funny, to be kind.”
“You can get totally messed up trying to please everyone with what you do, but ultimately, you have to please yourself.”
“In an ideal world, entertainment would be regarded as what it is - entertainment - and wouldn't be valued more heavily than education, than science, than environmental awareness.”

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