"Merilyn Simonds maintains an effortless balance between the dictates of story and memory . . .these aren't just the stories of one life; here are the patterns found in all our lives, richly celebrated."

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Gail Anderson-Dargatz

#Memories Quotes #Balance Quotes #Stories Quotes

“Whoever looks at America will see: the ship is powered by stupidity, corruption, or prejudice,”
“I am what I am because I have made myself so.”
“I know and all the world knows, that revolutions never go backwards.”

Source : At Rochester on the Irrepressible Conflict, October 1858
“Ah, he has too many ideas, that man da Vinci. His mind works faster than his hands.”
“If I read in a paper that somebody has said something about me, I'm going to take it with a pinch of salt; I really am!”
“The biggest problem we have as human beings is that we confuse our beliefs with reality.”
“The best way to protect young black, brown, men of color, women of color, is to actually stop profiling, stop the prejudice, and stop the judgment first.”

Source : "Trayvon Martin Case: ABC News Radio Conversation on Race and Justice" by Joshua Cohan, abcnews.go.com. March 28, 2012.
“My dream is to do things until 'I have no regrets'”

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