"Be black, shine, aim high."

-- Leontyne Price

#Shining Quotes #Black History Quotes #Aim High Quotes

“The moments of beauty, the moments when you feel blessed, are only moments; but memory and imagination, treasuring them, can string them together... Everything else passes away; that which you love remains.”

Source : Brian Morton (2007). “Starting Out in the Evening”, p.138, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Do you want a sign that you're asleep? Here it is: you're suffering. Suffering is a sign that you're out of touch with the truth. Suffering is given to you that you might open your eyes to the truth, that you might understand that there's falsehood somewhere, just as physical pain is given to you so you will understand that there is disease or illness somewhere. Suffering occurs when you clash with reality. When your illusions clash with reality, when your falsehoods clash with truth, then you have suffering. Otherwise there is no suffering.”

Source : Anthony De Mello (2011). “Awareness: Conversations with the Masters”, p.74, Image
“In China, remember, the the banks are arms of state policy. They loan because the local party official or regional party official tells them we need a new stadium. They are instruments of state policy.”
“When I was in top shape I'd go to the ring and show my conditioning.”
“What do you think of that? Itâ€™s stopped raining." Iâ€™m glad Jay." Her throat, full of aching, grieving beauty, told only of her unexpected joy.”
“There is so little time for us all; I need to be able to say what I want quickly and to as many people as possible.”
“I'd be kidding if I said that I predicted the financial collapse.”
“Big-government economics breeds crony capitalism. It's corrupt, anything but neutral, and a barrier to broad participation in prosperity.”

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