Faith Hunter Quotes
You don't have to shout from the mountaintops. Sometimes power comes in a soft, calm, compassionate way, like a quiet warrior.
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We are presented with a unique situation in the black community in that we have embraced the beauty of hip hop, the real rawness of it, the real fun of it, but we also have to address the damage it has done. We have to look at what it's done to our black girls, especially when it comes to domestic violence.
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I am highly distressed and offended by what Donald Trump has been saying, and I don't think his nomination is good for the country. I think he would be a terrible president and terrible for our country.
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One can quite understand vegetarianism. One can quite understand meat-eating. But it is difficult to understand why a person who is a flesh-eater should object to one kind of flesh, namely cow's flesh. This is an anomaly which call for explanation.
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All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.
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I think great players can play in any year, that's why they're great. A lot of it is down to the mental approach.
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For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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I remember once I read a book on mental illness and there was a nurse that had gotten sick. Do you know what she died from? From worrying about the mental patients not being able to get their food. She became a mental patient.
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I was a little too young to be a hippie.
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I love parties. I love a good time.
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I like egg white omelets with veggies, or oatmeal with almonds and fruit.
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Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.
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The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.
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Anybody that believes that a country can be maintained that has no ethnic core to it or no linguistic core to it, I believe, is naive in the extreme.
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I like to smile. I smile even when I'm nervous since it calms me down and shows my friendliness.
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I'm not 'Will's brother' anymore. Will is my brother. I'm paving the way for all middle children out there.
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I live for the text. It's my job.
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I am not musically educated yet. I don't read - I make my own language that works for myself. But I play by ear.
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You have to turn the noise off a little bit. Fortunately, I'm not really on social media. I've been able to live in a bit of a black hole.
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I hadn't realized quite how intense the first few years of grad school would be. When you're being assigned 40 books a week... there's not much room for novels.
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I think about the question of perspective in reporting all the time, and since I spent 20 years of my career in Washington as both a reporter and an editor I'm keenly aware that a newspaper should not be dominated by stories in which the only voices and perspective come from those in power.
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If I can be in a position of power and influence, and be able to make my present better, then I want to do that.
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Power corrupts, and PowerPoint corrupts absolutely.
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Fascism is fascism. Terrorism is terrorism. Oppression is oppression.
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You don't have to shout from the mountaintops. Sometimes power comes in a soft, calm, compassionate way, like a quiet warrior.
