"Racism is an effect of slavery, not the other way around. Once slavery was abolished, not only did racism not disappear, neither did the economic system it upheld."

-- Sarah Churchwell

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“Sometimes, people can go missing right before our very eyes.Sometimes, people can discover you, even though they've been looking at you the entire time. Sometimes, we lose sight of ourselves when we're not paying enough attention.”
“A concrete agenda and landslide victory might not even guarantee a president his mandate in a capital as polarized as Washington.”
“A good government implies two things: first, fidelity to the object of government, which is the happiness of the people; secondly, a knowledge of the means by which that object can be best attained.”
“I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't and then tries the short story which is the most demanding form after poetry. And failing at that, only then does he take up novel writing.”
“It is time that Christians were judged more by their likeness to Christ than their notions of Christ. Were this sentiment generally admitted we should not see such tenacious adherence to what men deem the opinions and doctrines of Christ while at the same time in every day practise is exhibited anything but a likeness to Christ.”
“As an older and wiser man, I don't believe in luck. I believe in hard work and talent and determination.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I like to tell people that I finally found something I'm really good at, and that's retirement.”

Source : Source: baseballpastandpresent.com
“For most of us even the imagined threat of criticism functions to control our behavior. We are haunted to some degree by questions about our self-worth. As a consequence, we continually attempt to prove to ourselves and others that we are okay people, credible, trustworthy, and competent.”

Source : Robert D. Hare (2011). “Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us”, p.99, Guilford Press

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