"The Afrocentric exploration of the black past only scratches the surface. A full examination of the ancestry of those who are referred to in the newspapers as blacks and African Americans must include Europe and Native America."

-- Ishmael Reed

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“In the '70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if they'd take my passport away.”
“To offer a man friendship when love is in his heart is like giving a loaf of bread to one who is dying of thirst.”

Source : Frank Frankfort Moore (1896). “The Jessamy Bride: By F. Frankfort Moore”
“If I'm compared to Babe Ruth or Willie Mays, that's great. But I'm just going to go out there and be myself.”
“And ultimately the people who produce my records, they know that they're here to serve the purpose of me expressing who I am at this period of time and augmenting that or pulling it forward and I love that process.”
“I'm saddened to see that some have been misled into believing that Mr. Disney was something other than a kind, caring man.”
“Improving some of the rules under which the Senate functions can begin to replace some of the bad habits Washington has developed with better ones.”
“The Rum Turn Tugger is a terrible bore: When you let him in, then he wants to be out; He's always on the wrong side of every door, And as soon as he's at home, then he'd like to get about.”
“My physics teacher, Thomas Miner was particularly gifted. To this day, I remember how he introduced the subject of physics. He told us we were going to learn how to deal with very simple questions such as how a body falls due to the acceleration of gravity.”

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