"I was sentenced to life plus 30 years by an all-White jury. What I saw in prison was wall-to-wall Black flesh in chains. Women caged in cells. But we're the terrorists. It just doesn't make sense."

-- Assata Shakur

#Wall Quotes #Cells Quotes #Years Quotes

“Of course it's possible for political essays to be artful. I just want to call into question the dominance of content over form in the history of the essay. I want us to recognize that there's art involved in making this stuff, because we still don't approach the constructed nature of the essay with the same appreciation that we do poetry or fiction.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“We deserved to lose and it was a good result for us, considering the way we played in the second half.”
“The fall of the present bureaucratic dictatorship [in the Soviet Union], if it were not replaced by a new socialist power, would thus mean a return to capitalist relations with a catastrophic decline of industry and culture.”
“*Appendix usually means "small outgrowth from large intestine," but in this case it means "additional information accompanying main text." Or are those really the same things? Think carefully before you insult this book.”
“I've always wanted to write energetic, atypical sentences, i.e., sentences that were not normal or bland.”
“You can love me or hate me but.. you canâ€™t ignore me”
“Unfortunately, at this moment in time, Robbie Keane can't hit a barn door for us.”
“People have been introduced to our band in so many ways. Whether we were playing at their college or we were the record that entertained their kids with.”

Source : "From "One Week" to 14 Albums: The Barenaked Ladies Still Rocking Strong and Silly After 27 Years". Interview with Kelli Bender, people.com. June 17, 2015.

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