"Black women have been cultured to compare not connect."

-- Michaela Angela Davis

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“But I want first of all- in fact, as an end to these other desires- to be at peace with myself.”
“I know that if I scare myself once a day, I'm a better person.”
“The firmest purpose of a woman's heart to well-timed, artful flattery may yield.”
“George W. Bush cannot out-talk Al Gore. Period. Mr. Gore thinks faster on his feet and is much more verbal. So if that is the criteria, Gore won the debate. But if that is the criteria, Don Rickles should be President.”
“The 'fires'n that produce thick, rarely innocent, often strategic smoke should therefore be scrutinized. they should be known and identified; and when they involve dishonesty, lies, or manipulation, they they should be ignored.”
“We must always tell what we see. Above all, and this is more difficult, we must always see what we see.”
“Transmitting information is easier than creating understanding.”

Source : Harold Evans (2009). “My Paper Chase: True Stories of Vanished Times: An Autobiography”, p.182, Hachette UK
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