"Weâ€™ve gone through the namesâ€”Negro, African American, African, Black. For me thatâ€™s an indication of a people still trying to find their identity. Who determines what is black?"

-- Spike Lee

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“But oh! the blessing it is to have a friend to whom one can speak fearlessly on any subject; with whom one's deepest as well as one's most foolish thoughts come out simply and safely. Oh, the comfort - the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person - having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together; certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then with the breath of kindness blow the rest away.”

Source : A Life for a Life ch. 16 (1859)
“Who speaks is not who writes, and who writes is not who is.”
“Too many vacations that last too long, too many movies, too much TV, too much video game playing - too much undisciplined leisure time in which a person continually takes the course of least resistance gradually wastes a life. It ensures that a person's capacities stay dormant, that talents remain undeveloped, that the mind and spirit become lethargic and that the heart remains unfulfilled.”
“Love means setting aside walls, fences, and unlocking doors and saying 'Yes.' One can be in paradise by simply saying 'yes' to this moment.”
“When you know even for a moment That it's your time Then you can walk with the power Of a thousand generations”

Source : Song: A Dream Like Mine
“And then a great thing in my life was going to India.”
“The efficacy of a prayer depends not on the words but on the sincerity of intention.”
“All of the land of Israel is ours.”

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