"As a kid growing up and seeing so much strife taking place in society, and particularly on Blacks and people of color, I had an opportunity as a young man to witness the change that was taking place in Harlem, the exodus of white folks leaving Harlem, which I thought was a very cohesive situation. But they felt that they needed to leave."

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Source : Source: www.pbs.org

John Carlos

#Growing Up Quotes #Kids Quotes #Opportunity Quotes

“A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.”
“Falling in love and having a relationship are two different things.”

Source : "Keanu Reeves Goes to The Lake House". MovieWeb Interview, movieweb.com. June 15, 2006.
“No doubt the truth is hard to come by for those who do not like the sound of it - dreams and illusions are so much more pleasant.”
“one of the advantages of cycling is that it automatically prevents a journey from becoming an Expedition.”

Source : Dervla Murphy (1995). “Full Tilt: Dunkirk to Delhi by Bicycle”, HarperPerennial
“Three courses open lie to wealth, to give, enjoy, or lose, Who shrinketh from the former two, perforce the third doth choose.”
“Climate change represents the greatest and widest-ranging market failure ever seen”
“It's weird - I can listen to a guitar player or a rock record over and over again and really enjoy whatever the guitarist is doing. But when I do it, after 30 seconds or so I get really frustrated and can't understand why I, or anyone else, would want to write songs.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Insincerity in a man's own heart must make all his enjoyments, all that concerns him, unreal; so that his whole life must seem like a merely dramatic representation.”

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