Claudette Colvin The light-skinned girls always thought they were better looking. So did the teachers, too. That meant most of the dark complexion ones didn’t like themselves. – Claudette Colvin Complexion Quotes Dark Quotes Girls Quotes Lightskinned Quotes Meant Quotes Teachers Quotes I became aware of how the world is and how the white establishment plays black people against each other. I left the South in 1963 and was living in Morristown, New Jersey, when the March on Washington took place, so I watched it on television instead.
FutureRichard Jefferies To the soul, there is no past and no future; all is, and will be ever, in now. For artificial purposes time is mutually agreed on, but there is really no such thing. – Richard Jefferies
Ruth Westheimer I learned to assemble a rifle in the dark and was trained as a sniper so that I could hit the center of the target time after time. As it happened, I never did get into actual combat, but that didn’t prevent my being severely wounded. I almost lost both my feet as a result of a bombing attack on Jerusalem. – Ruth Westheimer
Chad Wolf Sadly, there are inherent risks associated with the job of a law enforcement officer, and some make the ultimate sacrifice each year. – Chad Wolf
John Cooper Clarke I don’t think ‘Citizen Kane’ stands more than one watch. Power corrupts. Who didn’t know that? – John Cooper Clarke
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