"It's no accident that most of the great black spokespersons and leaders understood the centrality of self-affirmation, self-respect and self-love."

-- Cornel West

#Self Quotes #Leader Quotes #Black Quotes

“... we are all terribly alone no matter what people say.”

Source : Bernard Malamud (1967). “A Malamud Reader”, p.46, Macmillan
“The nice thing about being a band that nobody knows about is that you can do whatever you want, you know? Without catching hell for it. That's sort of how we felt about the re-recording, too. I thought, "Well, you know a few people noticed this record the first time around but not so many will really protest if we do it again."”

Source : "Shearwater". Interview with Jason Crock, pitchfork.com. April 24, 2007.
“All men have their frailties; and whoever looks for a friend without imperfections, will never find what he seeks.”
“Christ the Lord is risen. Our joy that hath no end.”
“My goal is not to create a circumstance in which no one fails, but one in which many will succeed,”

Source : "Moran peddles bill at SXSW" by Kim Hart, www.politico.com. March 14, 2012.
“I don't really dream, I space out during the day - that's one of my problems wonder off when someone's talking to me. I can't remember any dreams in my life. There's so much strange in real life that it often seems like a dream.”
“Let go of who you think you should be in order to be who you are. Be imperfect and have compassion for yourself. Connection is the result of authenticity.”
“I have a mouth and I'm not afraid to use it.”

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