"The Negro and all things negroid had become a fad, and Harlem had become a shrine to which feverish pilgrimages were in order . . . Seventh Avenue was the gorge into which Harlem cliff dwellers crowded to promenade."

-- Wallace Thurman

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“Forgiveness is always free. But that doesn't mean that confession is always easy. Sometimes it is hard. Incredibly hard. It is painful to admit our sins and entrust ourselves to God's care.”
“I don't think that children, if left to themselves, feel that there is an author behind a book, a somebody who wrote it. Grown-ups have fostered this quotient of identity, particularly teachers. Write a letter to your favorite author and so forth. When I was a child I never realized that there were authors behind books. Books were there as living things, with identities of their own.”
“On the subject of emigration, it is not my intention to dwell at any length.”

Source : Charles Sturt (1834). “Two expeditions into the interior of southern Australia during ... 1828, 1829, 1830 and 1831: with observations on New South Wales”, p.58
“My father was a negative person. He actually taught me to be negative, if that makes any sense. I remember him saying: 'You know there's no point in expecting anything good to happen because it won't.' I grew up in such a negative atmosphere.”
“I'm a religious fanatic? Yes, I am, actually.”
“I still have horrible luck with girls.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The key is to do your own work.”

Source : "15 Brilliant Insights From Hedge Fund Superstar Kyle Bass" by Julia La Roche, www.businessinsider.com. December 05, 2011.
“As an actor, I was taught, from an early age, that secrets are the most powerful thing that you can have on screen, and that what you withhold is as important as what you share.”

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