Charles Diggs Quotes
In talking about the Emmett Till murder trial, you have to repeat the atmosphere. This is Mississippi in 1955, with a long history of intimidation of witnesses and fear on the part of blacks to testify, in racial situations in particular. For someone like Mose Wright and others to testify against white defendants in a situation like this was historic.
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I love whimsical things and forests. I'm really into all that.
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Child slavery is a crime against humanity. Humanity itself is at stake here. A lot of work still remains, but I will see the end of child labor in my lifetime.
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I don't like violence.
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A woman tries to get all she can out of a man, and a man tries to get all he can into a woman.
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There are so many people working so hard and achieving so little.
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I always felt I needed to teach to survive.
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In a tournament, even though there are team scores, it's calculated and it's a lot more individual. There is more honor to say you're not just better than the opposing schools' wrestler, you're the best wrestler in your weight class. Plus there are lot more awards to win in a tournament.
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Sin ought to be something exquisite, my dear boy.
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Probably on the second of February, I will not be able to answer in the morning. I'll have to probably answer at night.
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For what are we born if not to aid one another?
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The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children.
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I still have never met Harry Saltzman, and was told he is quite unpleasant.
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Churches, like all the rest of our major institutions, are rooted in capitalism. For a church to attack capitalism is to 'bite the hand that feeds it.
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I've at times in my past been so unhappy, and thought, like, 'I would give anything for this not to be happening.' And, you know, as people say, time passes, and then you think, 'I'm kind of glad that happened to me.'
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In talking about the Emmett Till murder trial, you have to repeat the atmosphere. This is Mississippi in 1955, with a long history of intimidation of witnesses and fear on the part of blacks to testify, in racial situations in particular. For someone like Mose Wright and others to testify against white defendants in a situation like this was historic.
