"My ambition didn't grow out of nowhere. It……" — Michael Eric Dyson
"My ambition didn't grow out of nowhere. It was planted in me by a community that nurtured me."
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63 Quotes by Michael Eric Dyson
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He was not hip-hop's most gifted emcee. Still, Shakur may be the most influential and compelling rapper of them all,…
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The writer's gift can make us see ourselves and our morals differently than our reality suggests.
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The language of faith is crucial because it affords human beings the privilege of intimacy with the ultimate.
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Justice is what love sounds like when it speaks in public.
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Tony Morrison said, 'Can't I love what I criticize, criticize what I love.'
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There is no conscious choice of heterosexual identity any more than there is a homosexual one. The last person in…
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When Dr. King was murdered, I had no idea who he was. But as soon as I heard his words…
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We can't exempt ourselves from the same moral calculus that we are willing to apply to others.
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A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
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Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of…
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There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for…
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A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions.…
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A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and…
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The early commentators who put down the pre-presidential Roosevelt as an empty-headed young lightweight, all ambition and no talent, now…
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The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.
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