"Revolution begins with the self, in the self.... We'd better take the time to fashion revolutionary selves, revolutionary lives, revolutionary relationships. Mouth don't win the war."

-- Toni Cade Bambara

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“So if we can't express it or repress it, what do we do when we feel angry? The answer is to recognize the anger, but choose to respond to the situation differently. Easier said than done, right? Can you actually imagine trying to strong-arm your anger into another, more amicable feeling? It would never work. Determination alone won't work. It takes a new intelligence to understand and manage our emotions. By getting your head and heart in coherence and allowing the heart's intelligence to work for you, you can have a realistic chance of transforming your anger in a healthy way.”
“I remember my sense of shock some half-dozen years ago when I read a recommendation to sell shares of a company ... The recommendation was not based on any long-term fundamentals. Rather, it was that over the next six months the funds could be employed more profitably elsewhere.”
“I am never needlessly obscure I am needfully obscure, when I am obscure.”
“No doubt it was better to have become president than not.”
“The artist likes to seem totally responsible for his work. Often he begins to explain it, to make it appear as if it were a reasonable process.”
“My life is a gift not an obligation and I Get To make the most of it.”
“Mindless violence, well let me try to paint it. Here's the 5 steps in hopes to explain it: 1, It's me and my Nation against the World 2, Then me and my Clan against the Nation 3, Then me and my FamÂ against the Clan 4, Then me and my Brother, we no hesitation Go against the FamÂ until they cave in 5, Now whoÂ's left in this deadly equation? ThatÂ's right, itÂ's me against my Brother Then we point a Kalashnikov And kill one another.”
“All I do is write their names on the lineup card and let them play. Itâ€™s not a tough job. I havenâ€™t misspelled one name yet.”

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