Charles M. Blow Quotes
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In the same way that Occupy Wall Street forever elevated that concept of income inequality, the Black Lives Matter protesters have elevated the idea of inequity in policing as it relates to minority communities.
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America is not static. America is striving. And sometimes, America requires critique. Jingoism is an avoidance of realism. You can simultaneously love and be disappointed in the object of your love, wanting it to be better than it is. In fact, that is a measure of love. Honest critique is a pillar of patriotism.
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Elections have a way of cooling passions, especially when voters get what they want.
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Co-opted convictions will always betray you.
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The first memory I have in the world is of death and tears. That is how I would mark the beginning of my life: the way people mark the end of one. My family had gathered at Papa Joe's house because Mam' Grace was slipping away, only I didn't register it that way. For some reason I thought that it was her birthday.
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The internet is ruthless. And people are very, very happy to let you know when they don't like something.
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I was always a relatively quiet and introspective kid.
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You don’t become a teacher to make a world of money. You become a teacher to make a world of difference.
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The only way to vanquish cowardice is to brandish courage.
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Concealment makes the soul a swamp. Confession is how you drain it.
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My father was short for a man, with a child's plaything for a name - Spinner. He had flawless dark brown skin and a head full of big, wet-looking curls, black as oil. And he had the smile of a scoundrel - the kind of smile that disarmed men and undressed women.
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Conservatism is rooted in preservation; progressivism advances alteration. These are different love languages. These languages turn on your view of change itself: When you think of America, do you see a country struggling to be maintained or one striving to be made better?
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There is no wrong time to do the right thing.
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I had set about trying to make myself more polished than a country boy would be.
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Trying hard and working hard is its own reward. It feeds the soul. It affirms your will and your power. And it radiates from you, lighting the way for all those who see you.
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Being a world leader is less about destiny than focused determination, and it is there that we have faltered.
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Look at it this way: this administration is taking unprecedented steps to make sure that the government's secrets remain private while simultaneously invading the privacy of its citizens... Many innocents must be violated so that a few guilty people can be stopped. It's a digital stop-and-frisk...
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I know that life, I've done all those things, and I can still tell you that just being you is perfectly fine.