"There's a level of shame attached to our history, and we need to replace that shame with pride and own our history. These are our superheroes. These are our people, and I would love to see us own this side of our history with pride."

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Source : "Jurnee Smollett-Bell Gets Deep About Underground, a Slave Narrative That Will Make You Proud to Be Black". Interview with Ronda Racha Penrice, www.theroot.com. March 9, 2016.

Jurnee Smollett

#Pride Quotes #People Quotes #Superhero Quotes

“Even scientific knowledge, if there is anything to it, is not a random observation of random objects; for the critical objectivity of significant knowledge is attained as a practice only philosophically in inner action.”
“Playing (Serena) it always felt like playing a steamroller. No subtlety, no finesse, just raw, loud power. To respect this style of play was always a bit tough for me, but of course I had to, because the rules of tennis dont state that having a beautiful game is required to become No. 1.”
“You can't run from feelings, Charity. You have to face them. Otherwise your future will look just like your past.”
“Being Latina to me is living your life like it's a big old fiesta!”
“The race car is harder to drive. If there was an in-car camera that could have watched me saw on that wheel for 500 laps, there wasn't one time I could relax.”
“Ultimately, human intentionality is the most powerful evolutionary force on this planet.”

Source : George Leonard (2001). “The Ultimate Athlete”, p.254, North Atlantic Books
“Grace doesn't cause people to live in sin; it frees them from the paralyzing effects of guilt and condemnation so that they can live holier accidentally now than they ever did on purpose before.”
“Does it scare me, driving into nothing at 300kph? - Of course it does - I'm not an idiot...”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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