"To name something is to wait for it in the place you think it will pass."

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Source : Amiri Baraka (2009). “Home: Social Essays”, Akashic Books

Amiri Baraka

#Thinking Quotes #Names Quotes #Waiting Quotes

“I followed most of the 80's bands into the 90's as most of those folks who hadn't moved away were all still active. However, there was a point when I lost track of the new bands coming up.”
“If you put a pistol against my head and ask which I think is worse, Muslims or Mexicans, I'd have to think a moment, then I'd say the Muslims because they've broken my balls.”
“I am trying to attend every training session and do all of my workouts.”
“I read The Conspiracy Against the Human Race and found it incredibly powerful writing. For me as a reader, it was less impactful as philosophy than as one writers ultimate confessional: an absolute horror story, where the self is the monster.”
“When you're a political leader, when you represent the entire state or the entire country, not just Republicans or not just Democrats or not just the poor or not just the rich, you have to really represent everybody. No matter who contributes money, when you win, you represent everyone.”

Source : Source: www.nbcnews.com
“It will cost you to follow Christ, but it costs even more not to follow Him.”
“Like many resisting oppression, Palestinian Gandhis are likely to be found in prisons after being repressed by Israeli soldiers or police or in the hospital after being brutally beaten or worse.”

Source : Source: kalamu.com
“I don't consider myself to be a crusader of any sort. I was bystander to a certain number of newspaper crusades. They end badly, in terms of being either fraudulent or by inspiring legislations that makes things worse. So, I regard myself as someone coming to the campfire with the truest possible narrative he can acquire.”

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