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“Is it due to excess of poetry or of stupidity that we are never weary of describing what King James called a woman's 'makdom and her fairnesse', never weary of listening to the twanging of the old Troubadour strings, and are comparatively uninterested in that other kind of 'makdom and fairnesse' which must be wooed with industrious thought and patient renunciation of small desires? In the story of this passion, too, the development varies: sometimes it is the glorious marriage, sometimes frustration and final parting. And not seldom the catastrophe is bound up with the other passion, sung by the Troubadours.”
― Middlemarch
― Middlemarch
“What’s the problem with being “not racist”? It is a claim that signifies neutrality: “I am not a racist, but neither am I aggressively against racism.” But there is no neutrality in the racism struggle. The opposite of “racist” isn’t “not racist.” It is “antiracist.”
― How to Be an Antiracist
― How to Be an Antiracist
“In a city that attracted protesters, organizers, and activists of every variety, debating issues across the political spectrum and with a huge population of black people, the messages in his lyrics were received with enthusiasm. “This was Chocolate City. People in DC were pretty sophisticated and they liked his political wit, and I think he liked speaking truth to power in the heart of the government.”
― Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces of a Man
― Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces of a Man
“How young you are. When you attain my age you will understand one of life's great secrets: Luxury is best appreciated in small portions. When it becomes routine it loses its allure.”
― Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir
― Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir
“For me to heal,
I need you to heal.
For me to trust,
I need you to trust.
For me to be strong,
I need you to be strong.
For me to gain,
I need you to gain.
For me to win,
I need you to win.
For me to rise,
I need you to rise.”
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I need you to heal.
For me to trust,
I need you to trust.
For me to be strong,
I need you to be strong.
For me to gain,
I need you to gain.
For me to win,
I need you to win.
For me to rise,
I need you to rise.”
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