"It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives it most distinctive characteristics."

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Source : James Weldon Johnson “The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man”, W. W. Norton & Company

James Weldon Johnson

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“I do not believe there is any royal road to success as an athlete any more than there is to others in everyday life.”
“Every island to a child is a treasure island.”
“Tis from high Life high Characters are drawn; A Saint in Crape is twice a Saint in Lawn: A Judge is just, a Chanc'llor juster still; A Gownman learn'd; a Bishop what you will; Wise if a minister; but if a King, More wise, more learn'd, more just, more ev'rything.”
“Intolerance is a beautiful thing...There are people that are politically correct that want to say the cardinal sin of the hour is intolerance and I think that is a bunch of junk.”
“A stroke of a man knocking a thistle top with a walking stick”
“In some countries, women aren't allowed to wear a swimsuit.”
“While there are several challenges, I do believe that over the transition and into the Trump presidency, the media as a whole has done pretty good work, as opposed to a spottier record during the campaign. There has been a lot of shoe-leather reporting going on, and the great story thus far of the Trump White House is the willingness of people who work there to leak to the media.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
“Where destruction is the motive, unity is dangerous.”

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