"While we dance in the streets and pat ourselves on the back for being a nation great enough to reach beyond racial divides to elect our first African-American president, let us not forget that we remain a nation still proudly practicing prejudice."

-- Harvey Fierstein

#African American Quotes #President Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Words are the raw material out of which literature is crafted.”
“I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.”
“We first become salesmen as children in the confession booths of our parents.”
“My dad would always say, 'What can you do to make the world a better place?' Well, I can make people laugh.”
“The bad news is that ignoring the performance of people is almost as bad as shredding their effort in front of their eyes. â€¦ The good news is that by simply looking at something that somebody has done, scanning it and saying â€˜uh huh,â€™ [you] dramatically improve people's motivations.”
“Cot-death is no longer a problem of clinical medicine, but is one of medical politics. We have long had the knowledge and experience as to how these unnecessary deaths can be avoided. In the meantime.. to prevent your offspring from becoming a SIDS statistic just make sure that its daily intake of ascorbate from conception on is sufficient. Under this regime the neonate is so robust and healthy that there has never been a case of SIDS among these ascorbate corrected infants, not even a case of respiratory distress during birth.”
“All sorts of bodily diseases are produced by half-used minds.”
“At age ten I switched to guitar, and I've loved the instrument ever since. And I love to practice. I just do. I just love guitar. It still brings a smile to my face!”

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