David Levering Lewis The business of return migration is a phenomenon that historians have indeed begun to look at, but it is rather an ignored and underplayed story and one that we need to know more about. – David Levering Lewis Begun Quotes Business Quotes Historians Quotes Migration Quotes Phenomenon Quotes Return Quotes Story Quotes Underplayed Quotes There was a very famous leader in Atlanta who thought that education was appropriate, but on the whole, the view was, ‘If you’re going to keep people down, you have to keep them ignorant. And so, nothing personal, but we just don’t want to recognize the attributes that man of learning would bring. Quite threatening, those would be.’ In 1900, as the immigrants come down the gangplank into Jersey City, they expect the streets to be paved with gold, and they were only paved with gold in Frank Baum’s ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ of course.
Natalie Maines I think something happens to us biologically when we have children where the worry sets in immediately. And I don’t think that ever goes away. But you have to fight your instincts to build walls up around your children or to want to shelter and protect them from everything. – Natalie Maines
Alexander Vindman After 21 years, six months and 10 days of active military service, I am now a civilian. – Alexander Vindman
Susan Cheever A fierce literary woman with a penchant for married men, Margaret Fuller was ultimately torn between motherhood and her final career as a political reporter. – Susan Cheever
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