"Republicans think that the NAACP is the only voice in the black community. It is a voice in the black community. But it's not the only voice."

-- J. C. Watts

#Thinking Quotes #Voice Quotes #Community Quotes

“[W]hat is always overlooked is that although the poor want to be rich, it does not follow that they either like the rich or that they in any way want to emulate their characters which, in fact, they despise. Both the poor and the rich have always found precisely the same grounds on which to complain about each other. Each feels the other has no manners, is disloyal, corrupt, insensitive - and has never put in an honest day's work in its life.”
“I had passed through the entire British education system studying literature, culminating in three years of reading English at Oxford, and they'd never told me about something as basic as the importance of point of view in fiction!”
“Just for today, I will let go of anger. Just for today, I will let go of worry. Today, I will count my many blessings. Today, I will do my work honestly. Today, I will be kind to every living creature.”
“We called Pete Rose and Larry Bowa the soup spoons, because they were always stirring things up. Twenty years later, nothing's changed.”
“A coincidence is a trend we have decided not to take seriously.”

Source : Philip Elliot Slater (1977). “The wayward gate: science and the supernatural”
“For any producer I've ever worked with, their toughest job is to convince me to not to obscure my vocals. A lot of people don't like the sound of their own voice on, like, cassette tape or something. It's like that for me, and other songwriters I know. Like, "Oh God, that's what I sound like?"”
“There are no scores for good intention, it either happened or it didn't. Get to work.”
“Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.”

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