"Dr. Kingâ€™s policy was that nonviolence would achieve the gains for black people in the United States. His major assumption was that if you are nonviolent, if you suffer, your opponent will see your suffering and will be moved to change his heart. Thatâ€™s very good. He only made one fallacious assumption: In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience. The United States has none."

-- Stokely Carmichael

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“I know artists that have tried for a long time in the Christian industry and then they were on a TV show and all of the sudden the doors swing wide open. Christians want to connect with things that are mainstream.”

Source : "A conversation with recording artist and The Voice contestant Anthony Evans". Interview With Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.
“Because Washington state now votes by mail, elections here tend to play out, at an agonizingly slow speed, over many days and, sometimes, weeks.”
“Jogging is very beneficial. It's good for your legs and your feet. It's also very good for the ground. If makes it feel needed.”
“If a man could understand all the horror of the lives of ordinary people who are turning around in a circle of insignificant interests and insignificant aims, if he could understand what they are losing, he would understand that there can only be one thing that is serious for him - to escape from the general law, to be free. What can be serious for a man in prison who is condemned to death? Only one thing: How to save himself, how to escape: nothing else is serious.”
“I'm not afraid of working hard at anything, whatever it is. I just always want to be the best that I can.”

Source : "Yeah, About That Half Marathon..." by Ilana Ross, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 22, 2015.
“Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.”
“But when we observe, we are forced to pay attention. We have to move from passive absorption to active awareness. We have to engage.”

Source : Maria Konnikova (2013). “Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes”, p.9, Canongate Books
“I'm not very good with stills. I get all twitchy.”

Source : "A hint of Saffron" by Tim Cooper, www.theguardian.com. May 4, 2002.

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