"I did not believe what I was told about being poor and black and female in Mississippi in 1954."

-- Oprah Winfrey

#Believe Quotes #Black Quotes #Female Quotes

“what doesn't kill you not only make you stronger, but also more honest.”
“But Gregor understood easily that it was not only consideration for him which prevented their moving, for he could easily have been transported in a suitable crate with a few air holes; what mainly prevented the family from moving was their complete hopelessness and the thought that they had been struck by a misfortune as none of their relatives and acquaintances had ever been hit.”
“My life has changed because somebody fed my family on Thanksgiving when I was eleven years old. It wasn't the food that changed me, it was the fact that a stranger cared. That's what changed my life. That made me the person I am today and have been for the last 37 years. All that came out of that, that simple act of getting a result.”
“I've only ever trusted my gut on everything. I don't trust my head, I don't trust my heart, I trust my gut.”
“The patient needs to believe that they can keep the fire while being medicated. The doctors must tell them, "I understand that you experienced something beautiful. I understand that you saw the stars pulsing spirals of fire across the sky like Van Gogh did when he was looking outside the sanitarium window. But you know what? He didn't paint ['Starry Night'] when he was manic. He painted it when he was sane because he didn't need the mania to have the magic."”
“Fame - anyone who says he doesn't like it is crazy”
“Art does not come from thinking but from responding.”

Source : Corita Kent, Jan Steward (2008). “Learning by Heart: Teachings to Free the Creative Spirit”, p.45, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
“God must have loved the People in Power, for he made them so very like their own image of him.”

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