"Those who become incoculated with the virus of race hatred are more unfortunate than the victim of it. Race hatred is the most malignant poison that can afflict the mind. It freezes up the fount of inspiration and chills the higher faculties of the soul."

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Source : Kelly Miller (1908). “Race Adjustment: Essays on the Negro in America”

Kelly Miller

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“That's what being shy feels like. Like my skin is too thin, the light too bright. Like the best place I could possibly be is in a tunnel far under the cool, dark earth. Someone asks me a question and I stare at them, empty-faced, my brain jammed up with how hard I'm trying to find something interesting to say. And in the end, all I can do is nod or shrug, because the light of their eyes looking at me, waiting for me, is just too much to take. And then it's over and there's one more person in the world who thinks I'm a complete and total waste of space.”
“I know that life is a journey I must accept and that pain and confusion are temporary. I know that if I follow my heart, it will lead me where I belong.”
“You don't have to blow out the other person's light to let your own shine.”
“Criminals are opportunists. If you've got a booming market, they're going to get away with more fraud.”
“I am not against Israel, I am against Zionists.”
“I tell my daughter Nyssa, 'You should respect my work, and I will also respect yours when you grow up.' 'Work is worship' is what I have told her.”
“More than anything, acting helped me discover who I'm not. I've learned that I'm a girly girl, but not a prissy girl.”

Source : "Debby Ryan's Winter Fashion And Beauty Tips". Interview with Emily Laurence, www.seventeen.com. November 8, 2012.
“In my day everything wasn't so PC.”

Source : "Nigel Lythgoe: A Man, A Plan, A Wildly Successful TV Show". Interview with Victoria Looseleaf, www.dancemagazine.com. August 1, 2007.

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