"As a child growing up in pre-gentrification Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, I went everywhere by bicycle. My bike was in many ways the key to my neighborhood, which, at the time, was Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. This was in the 60s and 70s, before all the white people and restaurants. I really can't underscore boldly enough the fact that I grew up in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, before it was gentrified. You could get mugged!"

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Jonathan Lethem

#Children Quotes #Growing Up Quotes #Keys Quotes

“We do not draw people to Christ by loudly discrediting what they believe, by telling them how wrong they are and how right we are, but by showing them a light that is so lovely that they want with all their hearts to know the source of it.”
“Men are immortal till their work is done.”
“Being a celebrity, you can remain a child for ever, almost. You get away with more; you can get too pampered and it's not healthy.”
“The poor we shall always have with us, but why the hungry?”
“Only he who gives up is defeated. Everyone else is victorious.”
“If we want to produce people who share the values of a democratic culture, they must be taught those values and not be left to acquire them by chance.”

Source : Cal Thomas (1988). “The death of ethics in America”, W Publishing Group
“We all feel love, and that might sound kind of corny, but I really feel that's what joins musicians together around the world.”
“Why can't you just get married in Las Vegas like normal Americans?”

Source : Twitter post from Jul 09, 2014

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