"Baby, black promoters oppressed me before white promoters ever got hold of me. Don't talk skin to me."

-- Mahalia Jackson

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“Religion is one dimension of culture, a transcendent element of it.”
“This love was tricky...was it simply better somehow? Because these humans could hate with so much fury, was the other end of the spectrum that they could love with more heart and zeal and fire?”
“I'm just trying to remember what self-respect feels like. It's a fading memory.”
“Handel understands effect better than any of us -- when he chooses, he strikes like a thunderbolt.”
“If there is Predestination, then God is the devil. by Remy, Ravensbruck concentration camp survivor”
“[Kathleen Blackshear] just said, "Have you thought of looking at this?" and so on and so on and so on. And it was a discussion group where everyone had a say, and it was a tremendous learning experience.”
“To speak of love is to make love.”
“And almost half of American oil consumption is for motor vehicles.”

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