"I am the attorney general of the United States. But I am also a black man,"

-- Eric Holder

#Men Quotes #Black Quotes #United States Quotes

“We may differ widely in environments, education, learning, knowledge, or lack of it, and in our personalities, our likes and dislikes. But if we set ourselves the task, we'll find a meeting place somehow and somewhere.”
“For those of you who worry that I am a skinhead and anything that goes along with that, I am not.”
“Surround yourself with doers. Be around people who demonstrate thier boldness.”
“Everyone is against me - except the people!”

Source : Rallying cry of the 1963 election campaign, 1963.
“You know what's wrong with humanity?... The greatest gift we were given is our free will, and we keep misusing it.”
“There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering--a hell of boredom.”
“Children and mothers never truly part--Bound in the beating of each other's hearts.”
“The burden of keeping three people in toilet paper seemed to me rather a heavy one.”

Source : Barbara Pym (2006). “Excellent Women”, p.16, Penguin

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