"It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That's where the argument, to this day, of reparations starts. We never got the 40 acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover, and we never got the 40 acres. We didn't get the mule. So we decided we'd ride this donkey as far as it would take us."

-- Al Sharpton

#Commitment Quotes #Giving Quotes #Way Quotes

“We do have freedom of speech, but if you say the wrong word, it looks like it makes headlines. So everybody has to be very careful.”
“When you make a movie, it seems like there's nothing but resistance. It's kind of a miracle that any movie ever gets made.”
“Abraham wasn't perfect. He failed, made mistakes. But, he would go back, get right with God, and then just keep moving forward. He didn't quit when things got hard. He just kept on going. And everywhere he went, God was there. God was with him.”
“Your remarks upon chemical notation with the variety of systems which have arisen, &c., &c., had almost stirred me up to regret publicly that such hindrances to the progress of science should exist. I cannot help thinking it a most unfortunate thing that men who as experimentalists & philosophers are the most fitted to advance the general cause of science & knowledge should by promulgation of their own theoretical views under the form of nomenclature, notation, or scale, actually ***** its progress.”
“All day long and all night through, One thing only must I do: Quench my pride and cool my blood, Lest I perish in the flood.”

Source : Countee Cullen (2013). “Countee Cullen: Collected Poems: (American Poets Project #32)”, p.66, Library of America
“Chaos is more freedom; in fact, total freedom. But no meaning. I want to be free to act, and I also want my actions to mean something.”

Source : Audrey Niffenegger (2014). “The Time Traveler's Wife”, p.74, Simon and Schuster
“So perfect — I’m right where I need to be!”
“The way I see it, it's a great thing to be the man who hit the most home runs, but it's a greater thing to be the man who did the most with the home runs he hit. So as long as there's a chance that maybe I can hammer out a little justice now and then, or a little opportunity here and there, I intend to do as I always have -- keep swinging.”

Source : Hank Aaron (2009). “I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story”, p.19, Harper Collins

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