"We live in a world in which it's harder to talk about the American in the singular, so we're a multi. We have several different people who represent the United States, so in that sense whiteness, the salience, the importance of whiteness is kind of tamping down some."

-- Nell Irvin Painter

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“Where I can preach I do preach and where I can't I still preach with love but just not the normal words we usually use in church.”
“We are born knowing death.”
“Earlier research has shown that poor blood flow can damage these parts of the brain. So one theory is that exercise may prevent damage and might even help repair these areas by increasing blood flow.”
“Defeat happens only to those who refuse to try again.”
“George [Steinbrenner] is a great guy, unless you have to work for him.”
“It's so much easier to convince yourself you're madly in love with someone when you know nothing about him.”
“Basically, between 1989 and 1994, I hadn't taken a vacation.”
“If only there could be an invention that bottled up a memory, like scent. And it never faded, and it never got stale. And then, when one wanted it, the bottle could be uncorked, and it would be like living the moment all over again.”

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