"I am interested in telling my particular truth as I have seen it."

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Source : Obituary by Margaret Busby, www.theguardian.com. December 07, 2000.

Gwendolyn Brooks

#Particular Quotes

“Feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression.”
“Surrounded yourself with brilliant people. You can't HELP but grow when that happens.”
“In the last 14 years Jewry has achieved positions of influence which it has grossly misused morally, financially and politically in an unheard-of manner, with the result that the German people crumbled morally, financially, and politically.”

Source : "Nazis in the News: 1933". www.pbs.org. March 5, 1933.
“It has to be now,â€ he insisted, a flick of amusement in his voice. He nudged his burgeoning loins against her. â€œAfter all, you canâ€™t allow me to go around like this all day.â€ â€œFrom what Iâ€™ve learned so far, this is your natural condition,â€ came her pert reply.”
“I rode a horse into a tree. I did. But I'm okay. Horses are naturally meant to avoid trees. This one didn't.”
“I find broadcast intensely stressful, to the extent that perversely, I've never seen anything I've written actually broadcast on television. So, the audience response is something which I became aware of gradually.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“When you are in the studio, you don't have anybody to feed off of; meanwhile, when you are playing live, you interact with people and you feel the energy in the room. When the crowd is going crazy, that definitely impacts your vocal performance. I prefer to sing live.”
“Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.”

Source : Oliver Wendell Holmes (2007). “Autocrat Of The Breakfast Table”, p.114, Reprint Services Corporation

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