Yvonne S. Thornton Quotes

Such Injunctions Were Burned Into Us, For Mommy Felt Strongly About Proper Behavior; About Sitting With A Straight Back, Knees Together, Legs Crossed At The Ankle; About Walking With Shoulders Back, Head High. 'A Person Meeting You For The First Time Judges You By How You Walk, How You Spreak, And How You're Dressed,' She Told Us. On Our Sunday Excursions To Asbury Park, She Would Watch For An Example . . . 'See That?' She's Say. 'I Don't Know That Man From Adam, But I Can Tell From His Walk He's Stupid, Dumb, A No Account.' Then She'd Point To Another Man. 'I Don't Know Him Either, But That's An Educated Person. His Back's Straight, He's Walking Straight, Not Slumping And Slouching And Oozing Along'.

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