"What would you be like if you had white hair and had not given up your principles? It might be wise as you deal with coalition efforts to think about the possibilities of going for fifty years."

-- Bernice Johnson Reagon

#Wise Quotes #Thinking Quotes #White Quotes

“I am a rational man, but haven't you heard? i'm also insane. It gives me a unique perspective on things.”
“White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires ... We built pyramids before Donald Trump ever knew what architecture was ... we taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it.”
“My decision to leave 'Ween', however interpreted, was absolutely not made in haste.”

Source : "Aaron Freeman on Retiring Ween: 'My Decision Was Not Made in Haste'". www.rollingstone.com. June 20, 2012.
“Perhaps teachers must be good actors where lessons are concerned, but in life outside the class, we mustn't hide from our pupils our individual spirits.”
“Black, white, yellow, brown - we wanted somebody who would do right by us. And I think because Obama was that person, whether he was black or white, he was chosen”
“Girls are losing their virginity at 15, 16. I'm not promoting that. But my songs are talking... about me becoming a man.”
“"Shoe" just meant you were a big jock on campus no matter what field you were in.”
“It really is fascinating stuff, and I've picked it up on Scrubs. Memorizing lines is at least as hard as studying a text book, I mean, by this point I know about as much as most 'real' doctors.”

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