Read quote“None of us are super, but we are the Americans, unique in our willingness to admit that when it comes to our race, we are all but human.”
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Read quote“What I learned about our encounters with strangers is that we're in too much of a hurry, that we seize on what available evidence is out there and jump to conclusions.”
Read quote“I have high expectations for myself and that is all I can control.”
Read quote“Culture work is never done.”
Read quote“I’m only human, so there are days that I stumble and I struggle but I never give up, I just always get back up and there’s always a brighter day ahead.”
Read quote“The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity.”
Read quote“De la musique avant toute chose,”
Read quote“On a reconnu l'immense avantage de l'ordre monstrueux pour la connaissance approfondie de l'ordre habituel.”
Read quote“Litwo, Ojczyzno moja! Ty jesteś jak zdrowie!”
Read quote“Because when you look within yourself, you see the outside clearly.”
Read quote“We imagine a world where every one of us can belong anywhere.”
Read quote“Volli, e volli sempre, e fortissimamente volli.”
Read quote“Дело художника, обязанность художника — видеть то, что задумано, слушать ту музыку, которой гремит разорванный ветром воздух.”
Read quote“Because I fight back.”
Read quote“The poet is he who overcomes (must overcome) life.”
Read quote“Expression is the ornament of meaning.”
Read quote“Символизм вечен и никогда не может увянуть, ибо искусство символично по существу.”
Read quote“After I am gone, the throne will be passed on to him.”
Read quote“The enemies of liberal democracy hack our feelings of fear and hate and vanity, and then use these feelings to polarize and destroy.”
Read quote“Where you come from doesn’t matter, whether it’s the north side or the side of 8 Mile.”