"Being a black artist, the first thing people want to talk about is your blackness, the importance of your blackness and your black presence."

-- Toyin Odutola

#Artist Quotes #People Quotes #Black Quotes

“What I do is live, how I pray is breathe, what I wear is pants.”
“Nothing hath wrought more prejudice to religion, or brought more disparagement upon truth, than boisterous and unseasonable zeal.”

Source : Isaac Barrow (1818). “The Theological Works of Isaac Barrow”, p.237
“Exploitation is an abuse of power, an act of domination driven by basic insecurity. I think all hierarchies create opportunities for that. Donald Trump is an extreme illustration of an otherwise normal tendency. Institutions are supposed to have safeguards to prevent or mitigate the tendency. Instead they often become vehicles for abuse.”
“Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day.”
“Reports in matters of this world are many, and our resources of mind for the discrimination of them very insufficient”
“If the constitution goes, I go.”

Source : Interview conducted in 2001, broadcast on Fijian television, April 29, 2004.
“Markets really matter. Because the bigger the market, the more targets there are for the missile to hit.”

Source : "Founders and Heat Seeking Missiles" by Josh Kopelman, www.businessinsider.com. August 17, 2010.
“If you would like to leave footprints in the sands of time, you had better wear work shoes.”

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