"I am convinced that the Black man will only reach his full potential when he learns to draw upon the strengths and insights of the Black woman."

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Source : Manning Marable (1988). “The Crisis of Color and Democracy: Essays on Race, Class, and Power”

Manning Marable

#Men Quotes #Black Quotes #Full Potential Quotes

“I don't study cricket too much. Whatever I have learned or experienced is through cricket I've played on the field, and whatever little I have watched.”
“There are people who kind of let you know that you can silence the room.”
“How can you claim infallibility and claim that in these 114 [drone] strikes there was just one mistake -- one person killed that was a civilian -- and at the same time say, 'Well, we don't really know how many people were killed or who they were, but we know they weren't civilians'? I don't know how you can do that.”
“Forward my mail to Mars.”
“The bureaucracy has grown such powerful roots in Russia, and corruption is so widespread, that people from opposition have no interest in changing anything.”
“Nothing is less efficient than perfectionism.”
“I believe I can do anything. If I decide I want to be a doctor tomorrow, I'm going to be a doctor.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I understand why society, especially American society, is gravitating toward fairy tales, given our economy. We've been exploring the world of witches and wizards for years. We've been exploring the world of vampires for years. Clearly the public - I mean, I feel like all of this was ushered in by 'Harry Potter' - in my own fannish beliefs.”

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