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“History is not the past. It is the present. We carry our history with us. We are our history. If we pretend otherwise, we are literally criminals.

I attest to this: the world is not white; it never was white, cannot be white. White is a metaphor for power, and that is simply a way of describing Chase Manhattan Bank.”
― James Baldwin, I Am Not Your Negro

“The hearts of men are alike wherever you go. The rest is scenery.”
― Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits

“SAYING YES CHANGED everything. When you are all about saying no, one yes is a big deal.”
― Katherine Center, Things You Save in a Fire

“You are not responsible for the programming you picked up in childhood. However, as an adult, you are one hundred percent responsible for changing it.” —Ken Keyes Jr.”
― Tracy Litt, Worthy Human : Because You Are the Problem and the Solution