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Amiri Baraka Quotes

Howard University shocked me into realizing how desperately sick the Negro could be, how he could be led into self-destruction, and how he would not realize that it was the society that had forced him into a great sickness.

Amiri Baraka

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: October 7, 1934 - January 9, 2014

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Great Me Society Sick Sickness Him

People like to say how much they like stuff, but with 'The Sunset Tree,' people shared stories about what it meant for them. And that stuff's so humbling and amazing.

John Darnielle

Sunset Tree People Amazing Say Like

I get recognized somewhere in between like local meteorologist and national meteorologist.

John Mayer

Somewhere Get Like Between Local

The way I did it, every job was A+.

Steve Wozniak

Job Way Did Every

I had the chance to work with Michael Jackson who was as brilliant as they come.

Tommy Mottola

Work Chance Brilliant Come Who Had

The toughest opponents for me are the defenders who are tough in the way they play - where you can't see a way through.

Ronaldinho

Me Tough You Play Way See

Most Americans actually need to have both people working, and it's a luxury and something to celebrate if you can make a choice like this. And this choice isn't for everyone. But it's nice to not have to worry about what time does daycare close.

Mary Dillon

Time People Celebrate Worry Luxury

Playing sick. That is so hard to do. It has to be a total mental challenge, as well as the physical challenge.

Michael Jordan

Challenge Sick Hard Mental Playing

My number one objective continues to be to defund or delay the implementation of Obamacare. But as long as any piece of this law is standing, it needs to apply to all Americans equally, and that includes members of Congress and our staff.

Michael McCaul

Law Long Congress Implementation Our

The Philippine races, like all the Malays, do not succumb before the foreigner, like the Australians, the Polynesians and the Indians of the New World.

Jose Rizal

World New Indians Like New World

Pain can be alleviated by morphine but the pain of social ostracism cannot be taken away.

Derek Jarman

Pain Social Away Cannot Taken

Have you ever walked late at night through a forest when you are first in love?

Conrad Veidt

Love Night Forest You Late First

Capitalism and people who control the market have a large hand in everything. It doesn't have anything to do with figuring out what the crowd wants to hear. It has to do with the media deciding what they think people want to hear.

Boots Riley

People Control Capitalism Think Want