"As black people, we want our story to be this constant ascendance from slavery. But it's not like that. You push and it goes up. Then there's a backlash, and if folks stop pushing, it goes down. Let's face it, it's a lot more complicated."

-- Stanley Nelson Jr.

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“Money stress is what used to remind me of my Dad most.”
“We can't replace Gary Speed - where do you get an experienced player like him with a left foot and a head?”
“The learned person who only talks will never Penetrate to the inner heart of humans.”
“I almost stopped teaching entirely. The worst thing for me is contact with students. I like universities without students. And I especially hate American students. They think you owe them something. They come to you ... Office hours!”
“I can recite poetry, but I cannot write it.”

Source : "A Minute With: Irrfan, formerly Irrfan Khan". Interview with Shilpa Jamkhandikar, www.reuters.com. March 23, 2012.
“The threats against democracy today are in general completely normal. They walk around in costume and tie.”
“Many artists use their own lives as a kind of case study to examine what it's like to be human.”
“I don't want to spend a fortune on my cremation urn, but I really do want to look nice at my memorial service.”

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