"Back then, as a teenager, I kept thinking, Why don't the adult around here just say something? Say it so they know we don't accept segregation? I knew then and I know now that, when it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it. You can't sugarcoat it. You have to take a stand and say, 'This is not right.' And I did."

-- Claudette Colvin

#Teenager Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Justice Quotes

“All words are pegs to hang ideas on.”
“I wasn't making music consciously when I was younger. I was a musician, but that has its own stigmas. Anywhere on the planet, it's one of the more undervalued positions.”

Source : "Discovery: K’naan" by Royal Young, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 27, 2012.
“When the Spirit is present, people are not offended when you share your feelings about the gospel.”
“Writing is such a solitary thing, so its nice, when Im discouraged, to see people still have such faith in fiction.”
“But to me the notion that spirituality is separate from the rest of life does not allow for a practical approach to living a life that has extraordinary quality.”
“The girls said she was too cynical about love, but how could you not be? On the surface, relations between men and women were all soft kisses and white gowns and hand-holding. But underneath they were a scary, complicated, ugly mess, just waiting to rise to the surface.”

Source : J. Courtney Sullivan (2009). “Commencement”, p.96, Vintage
“family relationships have made me so ill!”
“I think I sing with more emotion but with less technical perfection. I prefer to sing with my natural voice and use my instinct - it's easier for me to give emotion.”

Source : Source: blog.exclus1ves.co.za

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