"When Dr. King was murdered, I had no idea who he was. But as soon as I heard his words on television that night when I was 9 years old, I was dumbstruck, awestruck by their power."

-- Michael Eric Dyson

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“Those who succeed and do not push on to greater failure are the spiritual middle-classers.”
“The coming to consciousness is not a discovery of some new thing; it is a long and painful return to that which has always been.”

Source : Helen M. Luke (1975). “Dark wood to white rose: a study of meanings in Dante's Divine comedy”
“The world should take notice when someone...with a fanatic mind and with powerful means, receives his marching orders from Heaven.”
“I can trust in my parents' love. And it strikes me that is a big thing to trust, a big thing to have had, no matter what else happens.”
“Gays being gay is wrong. Two women can't produce a baby, two men can't produce a baby, so it's not how it's supposed to be. ... I don't believe in gay marriages. I don't believe in being gay.”
“In real life, every person is the leading man or woman. We don't think of ourselves as supporting or character actors.”
“I don't wanna die, I'm not gonna lie to you I admit that and I'm not asking for clemency, I'm not asking for forgiveness, I'm not asking for sympathy. I know they're gonna kill me sooner or later. You don't need to worry about that but there's a lot of crimes I can solve if the state can just see fit to make me live two or three years longer, I mean look, I know I'm not like other people, I know I can't feel sympathy for other people but I'm still human.”
“Fear is where the information is.”

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