"For radical white writers wishing to forge interracial movements of poor and working people, whiteness has also long been a problem, with Alexander Saxton and Ted Allen making especially full efforts to understand whiteness in order to disillusion whites unable to see past the value of their own skins."

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Source : Source: www.counterpunch.org

David Roediger

#Past Quotes #Order Quotes #White Quotes

“People gravitate occasionally to the brilliantly made art low budget films, which is maybe one out of every five hundred low budget films made.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“When we have done our very, very best, papa, and that is not enough, then I think the right time must have come for asking help of others.”
“Shake the tree of life itself and bring down fruits unheard of.”

Source : Edwin Arlington Robinson (2007). “Robinson: Poems”, Everyman's Library
“I text a lot people, because it's how I stay connected with all my family and friends when I'm on set and traveling.”
“Salt is the only product that changes cuisine. There's a big difference between food that has salt and food without it. If you don't believe that, ask people who can't eat salt.”

Source : "Ferran Adrià: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 16, 2010.
“It doesn't pay to be good at something unless you are the absolute best at it.”

Source : Josh Lieb (2015). “Ratscalibur”, p.162, Penguin
“Come with me into the world and reclaim your independence. You stand to gain so much, and riches are the least of it.”

Source : Patrick deWitt (2011). “The Sisters Brothers”, p.125, Granta Books
“Tell me the tales that to me were so dear, Long, long ago, long, long ago.”

Source : "Long, Long Ago" (song) (ca. 1835)

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