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Beah Richards8 quotes“Heaven and earth! How is it that bodies join but never meet?”
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Having grown up in a racist culture where 2 and 2 are not 5, I have found life to be incredibly theatrical and theater to be profoundly lifeless.
Beah RichardsBeah Richards Race, what is that? Race is a competition, somebody winning and somebody losing. Blood doesn’t run in races! Come on!
Beah RichardsBeah Richards For me life is a challenge. And it will be a challenge if I live to be 100 or if I get to be a trillionaire.
Beah RichardsBeah Richards There are a lot of movies out there that I would hate to be paid to do, some real demeaning, real woman-denigrating stuff. It is up to women to change their roles. They are going to have to write the stuff and do it. And they will.
Beah RichardsBeah Richards Both class and race survive education, and neither should. What is education then? If it doesn’t help a human being to recognize that humanity is humanity, what is it for? So you can make a bigger salary than other people?
Beah RichardsBeah Richards When people look only at the surface and that satisfies them and they think from that surface they see, that is to be truly blind.
Beah RichardsBeah Richards Nature is neither reasonable nor just. Nature is exact.
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People who don’t know how to love you are always going to hurt your heart.
H. DcostaH. Dcosta I no longer seek the love I think I deserve but rather the love I’ve always deserved.
Ava NicoleAva Nicole There is no such thing as a good investment.
Manish KhuntetaManish Khunteta Without you, I’m lost.
Amanda KarchAmanda Karch I did everything I could to make it work I was casting nets into the ocean and all they were doing was returning back empty.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados We flew to heaven, and we touched the sun.
Jennifer JulietteJennifer Juliette You told me everything would be okay. I wish you had said – you’ll hurt but I’ll hold you.
Ullie KayeUllie Kaye Be brave, be bold, beware that you must believe before becoming.
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In 1985, I joined my mother in a protest against apartheid in which we were arrested at the South African embassy in Washington, D.C. And she was at President-elect Mandela’s side in Johannesburg when he claimed victory in South Africa’s first free elections.
Bernice KingBernice King I believe that preventing radicalisation is far more efficient than de-radicalisation, meaning stopping someone joining is a lot easier than trying to pull someone out once they’ve joined.
Maajid NawazMaajid Nawaz May be refined, and join the angelic train.
Phillis WheatleyPhillis Wheatley The unlike is joined together, and from differences results the most beautiful harmony.
HeraclitusHeraclitus The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
Alan WattsAlan Watts Oh, another shadow! Do you want to join us?
Yoko OnoYoko Ono Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.
Ruth Bader GinsburgRuth Bader Ginsburg I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.
Tony RobbinsTony Robbins