"It is my hope that as we commemorate Black History Month in the future, we will continue to celebrate the many achievements and rich culture of African-Americans."

-- Eliot Engel

#Achievement Quotes #Black History Quotes #African American Quotes

“What is that unforgettable line?”
“For a feature in next month's issue of Prog magazine, the photographer spent many hours setting up a photo shoot of me with part of my music collection in my writing office. Since I do most of my writing outside in nature, we felt this shot was most representative.”
“Of course, with agriculture came the first big civilizations, the first cities built of mud and brick, the first empires. And it was the administers of these empires who began hiring people to keep track of the wheat and sheep and wine that was owed and the taxes that was owed on them by making marks; marks on clay in that time.”
“I had a notepad and I wrote down 30 things to make myself better just off the top of my head, and the next day I started to do that.”
“I encourage people to find and use the power of their voices just as much when I do not agree with those voices as when I do agree with them.”
“There was no closing my eyes and sliding back into that blissful dream of normal. This was my normal now.”
“Often a single experience will open the young soul to music for a whole lifetime”
“We must be unafraid to be utterly honest, to honor our gut feelings, and to say and do the unpopular when necessary. We have to give up our addiction to other people's opinions and surrender to the freedom of acting with strength and courage.”

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