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As legal slavery passed, we entered into a permanent period of unemployment and underemployment from which we have yet to emerge. ↗

— Julian Bond

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I do think that some of us began to realize that this was going to be a long struggle that was going to go on for decades, and you'd have to knuckle down. A lot of people in our generation did that. They didn't drop out and run away. ↗

— Julian Bond

#began #decades #did #down #drop

Knowledge of other people's beliefs and ways of thinking must be used to build bridges, not to create conflicts. ↗

— Kjell Magne Bondevik

#bridges #build #conflicts #create #knowledge

I have a chef who makes sure that I'm getting the right amounts of carbs, proteins and fats throughout the day to keep me at my max performance level. ↗

— Barry Bonds

#chef #day #fats #getting #i

Hurricane Katrina this past week was certainly the worst episode in what has become an all-too-familiar and tragic cycle, and our nation is now faced with a set of unprecedented challenges. ↗

— Jo Bonner

#certainly #challenges #cycle #episode #faced

Arguably the most important parallel between mass incarceration and Jim Crow is that both have served to define the meaning and significance of race in America. Indeed, a primary function of any racial caste system is to define the meaning of race in its time. Slavery defined what it meant to be black (a slave), and Jim Crow defined what it meant to be black (a second-class citizen). Today mass incarceration defines the meaning of blackness in America: black people, especially black men, are criminals. That is what it means to be black. ↗

— Michelle Alexander

#injustice #jim-crow #racism #age

For an economy built to last we must invest in what will fuel us for generations to come. This is our history - from the Transcontinental Railroad to the Hoover Dam, to the dredging of our ports and building of our most historic bridges - our American ancestors prioritized growth and investment in our nation's infrastructure. ↗

— Cory Booker

#ancestors #bridges #building #built #come

No matter who you are, no matter what your color, creed, how you choose to pray or who you choose to love, that if you are an American - first generation or fifth - one who is willing to work hard, play by the rules and apply your God-given talents - that you should be able to find a job that pays the bills. ↗

— Cory Booker

#american #apply #bills #choose #color

I would be happy at a piano bar, singing. I just want to home in on being the best singer I can be. ↗

— Debby Boone

#be happy #being #being the best #best #happy

It took me a long time to find my voice as a singer, and I'm happy that I did. ↗

— Wes Borland

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