"History could pass for a scarlet text, its jot and title graven red in human blood."

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Source : "Soul On Ice".

Eldridge Cleaver

#Blood Quotes #History Quotes #African American Quotes

“I waited a long time to have children because I had this career that was kind of like my kid, it required as much nurturing.”
“We absolutely must battle with every bit of determination we can muster to root out the harm that would warp the souls and spirits of children in our world.”

Source : Wess Stafford (2010). “Too Small to Ignore: Why the Least of These Matters Most”, p.159, WaterBrook
“We're really talking about the Army and Marine Corps here for almost all these ground combat jobs. They want to move in a careful, deliberate manner.”
“I'm the type of person who is always going to be somewhat dissatisfied with myself. I'm never going to be smart enough. I'm never going to be a good enough father and husband. I'm never going to be a good enough actor for myself. I just never will be, and I have to get comfortable with waking up every day and trying to move some little increment closer to the person I have always dreamed of being. This is the journey.”
“You must not demand the failure of your peers, because the more good things that are around in film, in television, in theater - why the better it is for all of us.”
“When our lives are filled with peace, faith and joy, people will want to know what we have.”
“We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.”

Source : Helen Hayes, Marion Glasserow Gladney (1986). “Our Best Years”, Doubleday Books
“Why do you think you are weak? Wake up and see you have all the strength.”

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