Just because we’re magic doesn’t mean we’re not real. ~ Jesse Williams
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Jesse Williams: Freedom Now
On Sunday, June 26, Jesse Williams won the 2016 BET Humanitarian Award. He gave a powerful acceptance speech that is an on-point statement highlighting racial inequality in America today. It’s ironic that is was given before a room full of entertainers, one of which was posturing with pointing to the brand on his shirt right before JesseContinueContinue reading “Jesse Williams: Freedom Now”
Quote: Live as a lion
It is better to live as a lion for a day than to live as a slave . ~ Malalai of Maiwand National folk hero of Afghanistan who rallied local fighters against the British troops at the 1880 Battle of Maiwand.
Quote: Sly fox. Dumb bunny.
Everyone comes to Zootopia, thinking they could be anything they want. But you can’t. You can only be what you are. Sly fox. Dumb bunny. ~ Nick Wilde aka Fox, Zootopia (film)
Why I don’t do dance parties…
Because once I get going, I don’t stop. Kevin said I made his night. At the Studio Museum of Harlem’s Uptown Friday. Good vibes!
Quote: ..stop being so timid.
One day you will have to stop being so timid. Life will demand it of you. Your only enemy is fear. Adele Bloch-Bauer, Woman in Gold (film)
Don’t lead with your pain.
There’s been an unconscious mantra making rounds in my head for the last few months. Don’t lead with your pain. Simple enough as thoughts go. A complex algorithm as far as implementation goes. No matter where I begin my life story, death has a starring role… or at least a pivotal one. I’ve always thoughtContinueContinue reading “Don’t lead with your pain.”
Quote: Two powers in the world…
“There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women.” ― Muhammad Ali Jinnah
ANNA MURRAY-DOUGLASS: MY MOTHER AS I RECALL HER
Looking backward over a space of fifty years or more, I have in remembrance two travelers whose lives were ·real in their activity; two lives that have indelibly impressed themselves upon my memory; two lives whose energy and best ability was exerted to make my life what it should be, and who gave me aContinueContinue reading “ANNA MURRAY-DOUGLASS: MY MOTHER AS I RECALL HER”
Quote: All mortals are equal…
Les mortels sont égaux; ce n’est pas la naissance, C’est la seule vertu qui fait la différence. All mortals are equal; it is not their birth, But virtue itself that makes the difference. Voltaire, Eriphile, act II, scene I (1732); these lines were also used in Mahomet, act I, scene IV (1741)
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