"Something happened during the 1980s - perhaps the……" — Edward P. Jones
"Something happened during the 1980s - perhaps the political climate of that time - that caused me to ask how a people would become part of a system that oppresses their own people."
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14 Quotes by Edward P. Jones
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Calvin had long been uneasy in his own person and so lived to put everyone else at ease.
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We are all worthy of one another.
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Whenever people in that part of the world asked Patterson about the wonders of America, the possibilities and the hope…
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A woman, no matter the age, is always learning, always becoming. But a man . . . stops learning at…
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The hitter can never be the judge. Only the receiver of the blow can tell you how hard it was,…
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At first I read mostly books by Southern authors - black and white - because almost all the people I…
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Perhaps if I knew I would be stranded on an island with but one book, I would choose the Bible.…
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In journalism, a fact is just a fact. But in fiction, you have to build your case. It has to…
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In the summer of 1964, my sister and I went to South Ballston, Virginia, to stay with my aunt and…
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From my apartment in Arlington, I could see Washington. It was always nice to be near home.
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Those of us with this ancient compulsion to tell stories sometimes start with a single kernel of something.
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I have said with as much sincerity as I can muster that if I were thrown into a dungeon with…
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