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“What keeps a poor child in Appalachia poor is not what keeps a poor child in Chicago poor—even if from a distance, the outcomes look the same. And what keeps an able-bodied black woman poor is not what keeps a disabled white man poor, even if the outcomes look the same.”
― So You Want to Talk About Race
― So You Want to Talk About Race
“Kindness and compassion are sisters but not twins. One you can buy, the other is priceless.”
― Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More
― Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More
“For a long time, when it's working, the drink feels like a path to a kind of self-enlightenment, something that turns us into the person we wish to be, or the person we think we are. In some ways the dynamic is simple: alcohol makes everything better, until it makes everything worse.”
― Drinking: A Love Story
― Drinking: A Love Story
“Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.”
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“Consumerism thrives on emotional voids.”
― Appetites: Why Women Want
― Appetites: Why Women Want
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