Begrensd Loon Quotes & Sayings

The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and activists - as starting revolutions - does not exist in most people's minds. And I think it's very, very important that folks understand how much this country was founded on the enslavement of blacks, and how the resistance of blacks to that enslavement has been the spark plug for so many important developments. — Grace Lee Boggs

I was ready in 2008 for the Olympic Games but unfortunately I missed the Kenyan trials with a thigh injury. I watched those Olympics but it was tough to watch. But it was good in the end because a Kenyan, Wilfred Bungei, was the champion. — David Rudisha

People were so scared of telling the truth because the truth was chaotic and complicated and decidedly uncool, but uncool was the way I rolled. Or it would be if I used tired old phrases like 'That's the way I roll', which I so don't. — Sarra Manning

A few performances have been left out of the various Woodstock soundtracks and film edits over the years, most notably The Grateful Dead. — Shawn Amos

The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation. — Aung San Suu Kyi

Isn't hot coffee a wonderful thing? How did people get along before it was invented? — Betty Smith

Jerry-5486: The most apparent thing that I noticed was how most of the people in this study derive their sense of identity and well-being from their immediate surroundings rather than from within themselves, and that's why they broke down - just couldn't stand the pressure - they had nothing within them to hold up against all of this. — Philip G. Zimbardo

The thirst that from the soul doth rise, Doth ask a drink divine. — George Eliot