"It is only by presenting those portions of the race in my pictures, in the light and backround of their true state, that we can raise our people to greater heights."

-- Oscar Micheaux

#Light Quotes #Race Quotes #People Quotes

“God does something to us as well as for us through the cross. He persuades us that He loves us.”
“As I have often said, electrons and gerbils don't cheat. People do.”

Source : Martin Gardner (1999). “The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener”, p.64, Macmillan
“Writing with a simplified alphabet checked the power of custom of an oral tradition but implied a decline in the power of expression and the creation of grooves which determined the channels of thought of readers and later writers.”

Source : Harold Innis (1999). “The Bias of Communication”, p.50, University of Toronto Press
“Complaining and arguing will not help. We are fully concentrating on the game against the Czechs.”
“You look at Gone With the Wind, how right Vivian Leigh was for that. Don't know if that would happen today.”
“When you're 6 or 7, your father becomes this wonderful presence in your life. I really responded to my father. And then, the very moment I realized that I loved him unconditionally, that life was going to be great just because he was in it, he was gone.”
“The mental disposition of the one who prepares the food is transmitted to all those who consume it. Therefore, as far as possible the mothers should do the cooking for the entire family. If it is done while chanting the mantra, the food will benefit everyone in a spiritual way.”
“A useful word previously unknown to me: 'ergophobia', meaning 'fear or hatred of work'. At last I can define myself in one word.”

Source : The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan (2001), entry for 26 Oct 1975.

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