"The black man should seek to be, and he should be encouraged to be, the best possible black man and not the best possible imitation of a white man."

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Source : "The Christian Science Monitor" Newspaper, October 27, 1921.

Warren G. Harding

#Men Quotes #White Quotes #Black Quotes

“When you're doing the traditional musicals, singing songs that are 40 and 50 years old, you realize there's a reason why those musicals are hits. These are amazing songs!”
“Some of us find our way with a single light to guide us; others lose themselves even when the star field is as sharp as a neon ceiling. Ethics may not be situational, but feelings are. We learn to adjust, and, over time, the stars we use to guide ourselves come to reside within rather than without.”
“I want young women to think about different possibilities for their lives.”
“I'm certainly not a lyricist first. I prefer doing it intuitively and not really thinking about it so much.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“That might sound shocking to some - and don't worry, I don't see myself as a king.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“H. L. Mencken famously said that 'every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.' By now, however, I am no longer ashamed, because I do not identify with the government under which I live. Rather, I view it as a criminal organization that without provocation has chosen to make war on my just rights-not only mine, of course, but everyone's. Although this vile enterprise is my problem, because it robs and bullies me relentlessly and without mercy, it is not my responsibility: the nail is not the hammer.”

Source : Robert Higgs (2007). “Neither Liberty Nor Safety: Fear, Ideology, and the Growth of Government”, Independent Inst
“I don't get tired. I get beat up. You keep chopping on a tree, you need to give the tree some rest so the chlorophyll will fill back up and the tree gets its energy back.”
“The only magic we have is what we make in ourselves, the muscles we build up on the inside, the sense of belief we create from nothing.”

Source : Dorothy Allison (2002). “Trash”, p.107, Penguin

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