“Joan Crawford’s straight, narrow, and lonely back.” My first encounter with James Baldwin occurred in this opening line of The Devil Finds Work.
“So long as we believe (in our hearts) that capitalism is bad, we are free to continue to participate in capitalist exchange.”
― Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
― Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
“class does not make people smarter; it produces a small group of people who are deluded about the sources of their good fortune and a large group of people who are deceived about the sources of their misfortune.”
― The 9.9 Percent: The New Aristocracy That Is Entrenching Inequality and Warping Our Culture
― The 9.9 Percent: The New Aristocracy That Is Entrenching Inequality and Warping Our Culture
“Any real change implies the breakup of the world as one has always known it, the loss of all that gave one an identity, the end of safety. And at such a moment, unable to see and not daring to imagine what the future will now bring forth, one clings to what one knew, or dreamed that one possessed. Yet, it is only when a man is able, without bitterness or self-pity, to surrender a dream he has long possessed that he is set free - he has set himself free - for higher dreams, for greater privileges.”
― Nobody Knows My Name
― Nobody Knows My Name
“Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public.”
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“A Nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but it's lowest ones”
― Long Walk to Freedom
― Long Walk to Freedom
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