"I started graduate school in 1971, I started working at the Smithsonian in the festival in 1972. I went full-time at the Smithsonian in 1974. And I got my doctorate in 1975."

-- Bernice Johnson Reagon

#School Quotes #Festivals Quotes #Graduates Quotes

“Justice precedes beauty. Without justice, beauty is impossible, an obscenity. And when beauty has gone, what does a cameraman do with his eye?”
“There's people who don't want to see bodies like mine or bodies like their own bodies.”
“I wouldnâ€™t change any of my reactions”
“Every day is beautiful when you're holding hands with your best friend.”

Source : FaceBook post by Dave Willis from Mar 10, 2017
“The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent.”
“Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow.”
“He who does not travel, who does not read, who does not listen to music, who does not find grace in himself, she who does not find grace in herself, dies slowly.”
“The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.”

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