"All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was."
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"There is nothing of any consequence in education, in the economy, in city planning, in social policy that does not concern black people.“
-Toni Morrison
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"She is a friend of mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order. It's good, you know, when you got a woman who is a friend of your mind."
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"As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think."
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"Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war."
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"At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough."
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