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Afternoon Quote by Teju Cole

“The white savior supports brutal policies in the morning, founds charities in the afternoon, and receives awards in the evening.” quote by Teju Cole — Download Open image

“The white savior supports brutal policies in the morning, founds charities in the afternoon, and receives awards in the evening.”

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I didn't grow up thinking of movies as film, or art, but as movies, something to do on a Saturday afternoon.

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Sunday afternoon is for papers and writing.

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“If you come at four in the afternoon, I'll begin to be happy by three.”

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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“I discovered windows one afternoon and after that, nothing was ever the same.”

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What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon? And the day after that, and the next thirty years?

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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