“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.”~Audre Lorde American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil rights activist Audre Lorde was born on this day in 1934.
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Random Quote for February 17, 2021
“Laws should be made to serve the people. People should not be made to serve the laws.”~Huey Newton African-American political activist Huey Newton was born on this day in 1942.
Random Quote for October 5, 2020
“Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.”~Neil deGrasse Tyson American astrophysicist, cosmologist, planetary scientist, author, and science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_deGrasse_Tyson) was born on this day in 1958.
Random Quote for September 12, 2020
“Everyone of us is a wonder. Everyone of us has a story.”~Kristin Hunter American writer Kristin Hunter was born on this day in 1931.
Random Quote for August 31, 2020
“The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.”~Eldridge Cleaver American writer, and political activist Eldridge Cleaver was born on this day in 1935.
Random Quote for August 17, 2020
“At times I feel it almost impossible not to despond entirely of there ever being a better, brighter day for us. None but those who experience it can know what it is—this constant, galling sense of cruel injustice and wrong. I cannot help feeling it very often—it intrudes upon my happiest moments, and spreads a … Continue reading Random Quote for August 17, 2020
Random Quote for July 2, 2020
“Each of you, as an individual, must pick your own goals. Listen to others, but do not become a blind follower.”~Thurgood Marshall American lawyer, civil rights activist, and first African-American justice to the Supreme Court of the United States Thurgood Marshall was born on this day in 1908.
Random Quote for June 22, 2020
“I wasn't trying to work out my own ancestry. I was trying to get people to feel slavery. I was trying to get across the kind of emotional and psychological stones that slavery threw at people.”~Octavia E. Butler American science fiction author Octavia E. Butler was born on this day in 1947.
Random Quote for June 20, 2020
“I always like to challenge myself. I never want to be put into a box.”~Lionel Richie American singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and actor Lionel Richie was born on this day in 1949.
Random Quote for June 15, 2020
“MY four years were drawing to a close. They had been years of patient endurance and hard and persistent work, interspersed with bright oases of happiness and gladness and joy, as well as weary barren wastes of loneliness, isolation, unhappiness, and melancholy. I believe I have discharged--I know I have tried to do so--every duty … Continue reading Random Quote for June 15, 2020
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