Quotes of the day, May 15
To take a few nouns, and a few pronouns, and adverbs and adjectives, and put them together, ball them up, and throw them against the wall to make them bounce. That's what Norman Mailer did. That's what James Baldwin did, and Joan Didion did, and that's what I do - that's what I mean to do.
Maya Angelou
April 26
I would just as soon remain jamona than shed that many tears over a man.
Esmeralda Santiago
April 25
The areas in which I teach are working-class history and African-American Studies and at its best the critical study of whiteness often grows out of those areas. The critical examination of whiteness, academic and not, simply involves the effort to break through the illusion that whiteness is natural, biological, normal, and not crying out for explanation.
David Roediger
April 24
No greater victory can be won by citizens or soldiers than to transform temporary foes into permanent friends.
William Jennings Bryan
April 23
Innovation is a discipline not a lottery... It comes from the combination of two elements within my control: hard work and openmindedness.
Georges St-Pierre
April 22
Yellow's never been a good color for me, but it's actually grown on me. I like it more than I used to!
Ethan Slater
