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We’re living in a very tricky world, and unless we become analytical and expose the tricknology, people will become sucked into that. It is very easy, it is very, very easy.

Assata Shakur

We are pregnant with freedom.
ASSATA SHAKUR

Freedom Pregnant
People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. After a while, people just think oppression is the normal state of things. But to become free, you have to be acutely aware of being a slave.
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Growth Oppression People Slave Tolerance
The first part of planning is to believe that you can put that plan into practice.
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Believe Business Planning Practice
If we are not committed to saving this earth we will be buying designer air filters and gas masks.
ASSATA SHAKUR

Air Commitment Design Earth Filter Gas Mask Save
If you’re deaf, dumb, and blind to what’s happening in the world, you’re under no obligation to do anything. But if you know what’s happening and you don’t do anything but sit on your ass, then you’re nothing but a punk.
ASSATA SHAKUR

Blind Deaf Dumb Obligation World
Dreams and reality are opposites. Action synthesizes them.
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Action Dreams Motivational Opposite Reality
This planet is a wonderful place, but a vulnerable place.
ASSATA SHAKUR

Earth Place Planet Vulnerable Wonderful
Imperialism is the underlying motor of racism. The underlying reason that racism keeps on being promoted in all of its various forms.
ASSATA SHAKUR

Form Promotion Racism Reason
Black revolutionaries do not drop from the moon. We are created by our conditions. Shaped by our oppression.
ASSATA SHAKUR

Black Condition Creation Drop Moon Oppression Racism Revolution Shape
I realized that I was connected to Africa.
ASSATA SHAKUR

Connection Country Realize
I can’t do nothin except try to find cloud nine.
ASSATA SHAKUR

Cloud Execpt Try
We’re living in a very tricky world, and unless we become analytical and expose the tricknology, people will become sucked into that. It is very easy, it is very, very easy.
ASSATA SHAKUR

Easy Expose Live People Suck Trick World
Black people will never be free unless black women participate in every aspect of our struggle, on every level of our struggle.
ASSATA SHAKUR

Black Lives Matter Level Participation People Struggle Women Power
I don’t have to live up to that Superwoman myth. I can cry and be human and lean on people who take care of me. That can be very liberating.
ASSATA SHAKUR

Care Cry Human Lean Liberty Live People Women
No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that that knowledge will help set you free.
ASSATA SHAKUR

Education Freedom Hero History Knowledge Teaching
We usually reach success by putting the simple truths that we know into practice.
ASSATA SHAKUR

Practice Success Truth

We’re living in a very tricky world, and unless we become analytical and expose the tricknology, people will become sucked into that. It is very easy, it is very, very easy.

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We’re living in a very tricky world, and unless we become analytical and expose the tricknology, people will become sucked into that. It is very easy, it is very, very easy.

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