"Being asked to describe what 'post-racial' means is a bit like being asked to describe a leprechaun, cold fusion or unicorns: we know what is meant, but, if we are willing to be honest, we also know that none of the four describe something real, something tangible, something true."

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Tim Wise

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“I think there's some generational difference between some of the older members of the press and this younger president [Bill Clinton]. I think the older members are not quite on the same wave length, and in general. I think it's been very devastating to the president.”

Source : "David Gergen and Mark Shields on Bill Clinton's 100 Days". "PBS Newshour" with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. April 29, 1993.
“There is no escaping the fact that when the taxation of large incomes is excessive, they tend to disappear.”
“The pointes for girls, I always say, have to be like an elephant's trunk; strong and yet flexible and soft.”
“With success comes a lot of failure, and it doesn't matter how many times you fall it just depends on how you get up and keep succeeding.”
“It's always darkest before it turns absolutely pitch black.”
“I like the creative aspect of developing a project.”
“The times are chaotic. For me, I would hope that people look at [Angel] and gain strength by it. With everything that I do, I hope that they see people struggling to live decent, moral lives in a completely chaotic world. They see how hard it is, how often they fail, and how they get up and keep trying. That, to me, is the most important message I'm ever going to tell.”
“You walk past people in streets, or they serve you in shops, and you know nothing about the horrors they may be living with.”

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