"There seems to be this sense among even well-meaning Americans that Africa is this black hole of murder and mutilation that can never be fixed, no matter what aid is brought in."

-- Nicholas D. Kristof

#Black Quotes #Matter Quotes #Murder Quotes

“The censure of those who are opposed to us, is the highest commendation that can be given us.”
“Defense is attack, attack is defense, each being the cause and result of the other.”
“I have done it [appointed commissions] regretfully and with the hope that it would be temporary. But after a commission is established you find it always wants to enlarge itself, employ more people, is very busy with Senators and Congressmen to impress upon them the great value of the services of the commission, and even when I talk to people that I appoint to commissions and tell them I would like them to go on to various boards with the idea that they may be abolished, they say they ought to be abolished, but when they have taken their position they very soon seem to change their mind.”
“There are things that bother me. I try not to let them, but they do.”
“In a real estate man's eye, the most expensive part of the city is where he has a house to sell”
“Fate loves to invent patterns and designs. Its difficulty lies in complexity. But life itself is difficult because of its simplicity. It has only a few things of a grandeur not fit for us.”
“Solomon Northup is one of the most remarkable people Ive ever encountered in my life; one of the most amazing stories I have ever been in any kind of contact with. To not tell that story would have been disgraceful, in my opinion.”
“I like to play characters that are convincing, that aren't just straightforward and nice.”

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