Brian Boughton
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reluctance to accept homosexuality,
“Black scientists and technicians, many of them women, used cells from a black woman to help save the lives of millions of Americans, most of them white. And they did so on the same campus—and at the very same time—that state officials were conducting the infamous Tuskegee syphilis studies.”
― The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
― The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
“The cry of the poor is not always just, but if you don’t listen to it, you will never know what justice is.”
― A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
― A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
“She died in my arms, saying, “I don’t want to die.” That is what death is like. It doesn’t matter what uniforms the soldiers are wearing. It doesn’t matter how good the weapons are. I thought if everyone could see what I saw, we would never have war anymore.”
― Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
“Proper apologies have three parts: 1) What I did was wrong. 2) I feel badly that I hurt you. 3) How do I make this better?”
― The Last Lecture
― The Last Lecture
“And in such a world of conflict, a world of victims and executioners, it is the job of thinking people, as Albert Camus suggested, not to be on the side of the executioners.”
― A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present
― A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present
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