Afflictive Providences Quotes & Sayings

It took a long time for me to walk. I was falling down all the time. But I ended up being one of the dangerous men, who broke so many people's noses, which is bad. — Dikembe Mutombo

Everything that happens in my day is a transaction between the external world and my internal world. Everything is raw material. Everything is relevant. Everything is usable. Everything feeds into my creativity. But without proper preparation, I cannot see it, retain it, and use it. Without the time and effort invested in getting ready to create, you can be hit by a thunderbolt and it'll just leave you stunned. — Twyla Tharp

You're too important to just... die. — Veronica Roth

Have I gotten any threats? All I get is threats. I get at least six or seven a day. — Betty Shabazz

Clouds spread out over the Atlantic like soiled linens on an unmade bed. — Kevin Powers

Racial justice is key to a compassionate, inclusive, dynamic society. — Rinku Sen

I made a conscious decision that I was not going to have children. I didn't want others raising them, and looking after them myself would get in the way of being a musician and writer. — Stevie Nicks

When it's this windy doesn't it seem impossible
to grow old? — Olena Kalytiak Davis

Eventually kids become grown-ups too, and from there, the world is whatever they choose to make of it. — Allison Winn Scotch

My mom was the strongest woman I know. — DeAngelo Williams

In a critical sense, doing nothing can mean doing something. Inaction can be action and embracing this paradox can save your life. — Ben Sherwood

Life must be a constant education; one must learn everything, from speaking to dying. — Gustave Flaubert

Give me your hungry, your tired, your poor, that's what the Statue of Bigotry says. Your poor huddled masses, let's just club them to death, and get it over with. — Lou Reed