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“The greatest force of personal liberation is the decision to widen our circle of compassion, moving from focus on self to focus on service.”
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“We black women must forgive black men for not protecting us against slavery, racism, white men, our confusion, their doubts. And black men must forgive black women for our own sometimes dubious choices, divided loyalties, and lack of belief in their possibilities. Only when our sons and our daughters know that forgiveness is real, existent, and that those who love them practice it, can they form bonds as men and women that really can save and change our community.”
Source : Marita Golden (2011). “Saving Our Sons”, p.185, Anchor
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“Hip Hop Sisters is going strong. Our signature initiative is #EducateOurMen, whereby we have the pleasure, the enjoyment, as well as having received the blessings from above to send young men to further their education.”
Source : "MC Lyte's Current Mission Is To Educate The Next Generation Of Hip-Hop Leaders". Interview with MC Lyte, www.blogarama.com. August 23, 2016.
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“I think back a little bit when President Bush was elected President and what kind of economy he inherited from the Clinton administration. The economy was going down. It was not doing well.”
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“Flattery is so necessary to us that we flatter one another just to be flattered in return.”
Source : Marjorie Bowen (1938). “World's Wonder and Other Essays”
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“That was one of the virtues of being a pessimist: nothing was ever as bad as you thought it would be.”
Source : James Jones (2011). “From Here to Eternity: The Restored Edition”, p.943, Open Road Media
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“I want to be in Chicago. I'd like to.”
Source : Source: www.avclub.com
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“The act of voting by ordinary Iraqis in the face of extreme danger confirms President Bush's belief that people around the globe, when given a chance, will choose liberty and democracy over enslavement and tyranny.”