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And alongside this decision there was some forfeiture in the thought he found unsettling: that for every pound of weight they’d carried across their backs, for every drop of sweat that had poured off, no inch of this land was theirs. As
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“But it only takes a doubt. A drop of ink falls into a clear glass of water and clouds the whole thing. So the moment after I realised I wasn't perfectly well was the moment I realised I was still very ill indeed.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive
“I am free and deserving simply because I exist . I don't have to do all these other things to be worthy of respect and safety.”
― You Got Anything Stronger?
― You Got Anything Stronger?
“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”
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“The Avengers you assemble don't have to be golden by the standards of the industry you are breaking into. They just need to have the same work ethic as you, and believe in effective communication and positive affirmation.”
― You Got Anything Stronger?
― You Got Anything Stronger?
“The scene would give white people a chance to see themselves as complicit in cultural appropriation, but the takeaway for marginalized audiences would be different. It could tell them, "You're not crazy. Your physical and intellectual labor really has been stolen and repackaged for profit. It's real.”
― You Got Anything Stronger?
― You Got Anything Stronger?
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