"Columbus not only sent the first slaves acroiss the Atlantic, he sent more slaves than any other individual"

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James W. Loewen

#Firsts Quotes #Columbus Quotes #Slave Quotes

“Empathy isn't as hard as it sounds because people have a lot of the same feelings. And it helps to understand other people because then you can actually care about them sometimes. And help them. And have a friend.”

Source : Kathryn Erskine (2018). “Mockingbird”, p.149, Usborne Publishing Ltd
“Well, I'm from the South originally. I grew up in South Carolina definitely learning about manners and being proper and having to go to cotillions.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Ukraine announced plans to open Chernobyl, their nuclear disaster site, to tourists. They say it's just like Disneyland, except the 6-foot mouse is real.”
“I want to set an example that will never be forgotten.”
“You are richer for doing things.”
“Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable.”
“I never had any expectations of winning a Grammy. It wasn't something I was set on, that I was hoping and praying and starving for.”
“If we had not driven them into hell, hell would have swallowed us.”

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