#cal

I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement. ↗

— Angela Davis

#activist #allows #back #because #consider

Radical simply means "grasping things at the root." ↗

— Angela Davis

#means #radical #root #simply #things

What I think is different today is the lack of political connection between the black middle class and the increasing numbers of black people who are more impoverished than ever before. ↗

— Angela Davis

#between #black #class #connection #different

There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded. ↗

— Mark Twain

#accomplished #basically #claim #crowded #first

When you have a couple hundred people in one huge space, that's gonna lead to jokes and it's a breeding ground for practical jokes and teasing. ↗

— Erin Duffy

#couple #gonna #ground #huge #hundred

Look, I think if you talk down to a kid or aim specifically at a kid, most kids aren't gonna like it, really, because most kids can feel when you are being patronizing. ↗

— Brad Bird

#because #being #down #feel #gonna

Maybe we should have known that night in Denver that things that begin with plywood Greek columns and artificial smoke typically don't end well. Maybe the Hollywood stars and the glamour blinded us a little: you thought it was the glare, some of us thought it was a halo. ↗

— Artur Davis

#begin #blinded #columns #denver #end

This sweet, blessed, God-inspired place called America is a champion that has absorbed some blows. But while we bend, we don't break. This is no dark hour; this is the dawn before we remember who we are. ↗

— Artur Davis

#before #bend #blessed #blows #break

The priceless galaxy of misinformation called the mind. ↗

— Djuna Barnes

#galaxy #mind #misinformation #priceless

My role isn't to be politically smart. My role is to do what's right under the constitution. And if that's politically unpopular, so be it. ↗

— Rose Bird

#politically #right #role #smart #under