"I went to college on my way to be a lawyer. That's all I wanted to do was go back home and help my daddy. I thought we were poor because he was not a good businessman and I was going to become the lawyer who would take charge of the business."

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Source : Source: www.pbs.org

John Hope Franklin

#Home Quotes #College Quotes #Daddy Quotes

“The accent today is on results, not on how well you work. You can't build a skyscraper in a day, but you can build a shack.”
“Being in a band is like polygamy without the sex.”
“The first time I ever saw a jet, I shot it down.”
“Give what you have. To some one, it may be better than you dare to think.”

Source : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1854). “The Works of Henry W. Longfellow”
“Wildflowers are the stuff of my heart!”
“It was reported today that Michelle Obama wants her mother to move into the White House with them. Yes. This is expected to be the first time Barack uses his veto power.”
“I hate short hair on men - the 'real' man is something I don't know. My dad was always playing with hairbands, making rings, while the women were wearing jeans, white T-shirts and Converse. That was the uniform at home.”
“Only a very small percentage can regard conditions from any but a selfish point of view or conceive of any but their own shoe-pinch.”

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