"The first condition a community should set, if it aspires to be a nation, is to own the land whereon it lives, and supply its own needs."

-- Max Nordau

#Land Quotes #Community Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“My dream is to do something like the female Bourne, and do something in that world. To mix that high level of drama with the covert operation, conspiracy theory spy world fascinates me and it's so interesting. It's fun to do it.”
“I just like easy clothes - comfort.”
“Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim.”
“When I go fishing I like to know that there's nobody within five miles of me.”
“At the end of each year, I sit on the floor and go page by page through the old calendar, inking annual events into the new one, all the while watching my year in 'dinner withs' skate by. When I'm done, I save the old calendar in the box of the new one and put it with the others on a shelf.”
“The first thing you must do is forget that I'm Black. Second, you must never forget that I'm Black.”
“Old events have modern meanings; only that survives of past history which finds kindred in all hearts and lives.”
“I can play, and I know it; I'm not looking for any pats on the back. I don't have to be endorsed by anybody. I make enough to live and eat, and I'm happy with my music-and that's all I need.”

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