"I don't think that I or any other Negro, as an American citizen, should have to ask for anything that is rightfully his. We are demanding that we just be given the things that are rightfully ours and that we're not looking for anything else."

-- Jackie Robinson

#Thinking Quotes #Citizens Quotes #Should Quotes

“Your success as a writer will probably not depend on how well you write so much as in how you handle rejections.”

Source : Gilbert Morris (1994). “How to write (and sell) a Christian novel: proven and practical advice from a best-selling author”
“When sociobiologists start shitting in their backyards with dinner guests in the vicinity, maybe their arguments about innateness over culture will start seeming more persuasive.”

Source : Laura Kipnis (2009). “Against Love: A Polemic”, p.24, Vintage
“One writes a poem when one is so taken up by an emotional concept that one is unable to remain silent.”
“Dad says it's good to be a freak when normal people are idiots.”
“If a man cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of any feeling at all.”
“The prayer of faith is the only kind that is real prayer, and it is trust in God with full acknowledgment of God's power and love.”
“When it comes to details, more is not necessarily better.”

Source : Donna Levin (1996). “Get That Novel Written!”, Writers Digest Books
“Modeling was successful for me. I didn't have to wait tables or anything like that, so that was nice. And I got to see the entire world.”

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