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- And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than not anonymously, handed on the creative spark, the seed of the flower they themselves never…
- We must, I believe, start teaching our children the sanity of nonviolence much earlier.
- How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names.
- America is not nearly done. We're only in the beginning. Who knows who we will be? Who knows... what color we will be? It is…
- To me, the black black woman is our essential mother, the blacker she is the more us she is and to see the hatred that…
- All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole. They never detract; or, in any case, one must not…
- The trouble with our people is as soon as they got out of slavery they didn't want to give the white man nothing else. But…
- A people do not throw their geniuses away. And if they are thrown away, it is our duty as artists and as witnesses for the…
- We should not look down on our first ancestors.
- Human beings may well be unable to break free of the dictatorship of greed that spreads like a miasma over the world, but no longer…
- I think that all people who feel that there is injustice in the world anywhere should learn as much of it as they can bear.…
- I think Americans generally are not used to working very hard, in terms of working for the collective. I think in our country we have…
- We must do everything in our power to cease the behaviour that makes children everywhere feel afraid.
- I made my first white women friends in college; they loved me and were loyal to our friendship, but I understood, as they did, that…
More Our Quotes
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- Our tradition of political thought had its definite beginning in the teachings of Plato and Aristotle. I believe it came to a… — Hannah Arendt
- On the field, blacks have been able to be super giants. But, once our playing days are over, this is the end… — Hank Aaron
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. — Aristophanes
- What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. — Aristotle
- For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
- For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things… — Aristotle
- I design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating clothing or… — Giorgio Armani
- It's our hearts and brains that we should exercise more often. You can put on all the makeup you want, but it… — Kevyn Aucoin