David Levering Lewis Government doesn’t do much for the new Americans. The assumption is that they’ll take care of themselves if they work hard enough. – David Levering Lewis Americans_ Quotes Assumption Quotes Care Quotes Government Quotes Hard Quotes Harlem was a development, a developer’s dream and a place where residents had more space and more amenities than ever before. The subway reached 145th street about 1904, and it seemed that Harlem’s destiny was to become largely a preserve of successful ethnics relocating and arriving. Then, overnight, the bust took place. The African Americans’ story is one that seems to be a repeated commitment to a scenario for success and failure. With each failure, the blow is that much more traumatizing until finally one reaches a point where there is to some degree an internalization, skepticism, fatalism, and expectation that it isn’t going to work.
Dominic Monaghan I have been heartbroken once and it has affected all my relationships from there on. But now I look at it as a occupational hazard. If you are in the meat market at some point you are gonna get mad cows disease. – Dominic Monaghan
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to think or suffer darkly take refuge. – Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Loretta Lynn I was married when I wasn’t quite 14 and had four babies by the time I was 18. – Loretta Lynn
Michael Cimino There have been so many false things written about me by people who don’t know me. – Michael Cimino
Daniel Wu In my 20s, it was easy. In your 40s, it’s a lot more challenging. You have to look at it like you’re an actor, but you’re also a professional athlete. You have to train. – Daniel Wu
Dave Myers With an old broom handle, flour, water and egg you can make the most amazing pasta. – Dave Myers
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