Henry Hampton Eyes is the attempt to tell the story of the Civil Rights movement and to create an emotional, intellectual constituency. But what do you do after that? The black community doesn’t have institutions that pick up such moments and preserve them. – Henry Hampton Attempt Quotes Black Quotes Civil Quotes Community Quotes Constituency Quotes Create Quotes Emotional Quotes Eyes Quotes Institutions Quotes Intellectual Quotes Moments Quotes Movement Quotes Pick Quotes Preserve Quotes Rights Quotes Story Quotes Everybody needs history but the people who need it most are poor folks – people without resources or options. Food might be more immediately important than history but if you don’t understand what’s been done to you – by your own people and the so-called ‘they’ – you can never get around it.
Rochelle Humes I knew I didn’t have post-natal depression because it wasn’t all day, every day. But I felt very low. As a woman you think you should still be making dinner and looking nice. You think, ‘I can do a million and one things.’ But you can’t. – Rochelle Humes
James Wolcott There was a time when idealistic folksingers such as myself believed that Reality TV was a programming vogue that would peak and recede, leaving only its hardiest show-offs. Instead, it has metastasized like toxic mold, filling every nook and opening new crannies. – James Wolcott
Doug Collins I’ve always said you have to go through a lot of heartache in life to feel joy. – Doug Collins
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas If you don’t have manufactured items or anything we think of as ‘civilization,’ then you’re living according to your species. – Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
Barbara Jordan A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation. – Barbara Jordan
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