"Because I grew up in Chicago, I didn't have an emotional relationship to segregation. I understood the facts and stories, but there was not an emotional relationship."

-- Diane Nash

#Emotional Quotes #Chicago Quotes #Stories Quotes

“Forgiveness works the miracle of change.”
“Curling is not a sport. I called my grandmother and told her she could win a gold medal because they have dusting in the Olympics now.”
“A philosopher knows that in reality he knows very little. That is why he constantly strives to achieve true insight. Socrates was one of these rare people. He knew that he knew nothing about life and about the world. And now comes the important part: it troubled him that he knew so little.”
“I have a definite talent for convincing people to try something new. I am a good salesman. When I'm on form, I can sell anything.”
“It'll leave you feeling hollow and helpless, and there is where you'll stay. Ain't it funny child, love sometimes leaves you as dead as yesterday.”
“I'm always writing ideas down and then I stick em in my pocket and put em in that folder so I don't lose them. Like, somebody might say something, and I'll go, oh that's a good line, and that goes in the folder, too. It's kind of an ongoing process for me.”
“Perhaps, in the end, there are no such things as creative people; there are only sharp observers with sensitive hearts.”
“You can put your TV in the garage, avoid movies altogether, and use earplugs to spare your hearing from the sounds of hip-hop or heavy metal, but these forms of entertainment will still change your life through their influence on everyone else in society. Though you may struggle to protect your own kids from music that encourages violence or drugs or irresponsible sex, you can't possibly protect them from all the other kids in your community who have received full exposure.”

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