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Mon 29 Jun 2020

Bubba

Posted by PJ under black lives matter, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“We know that all lives matter, but we are trying to make you all understand that Black Lives Matter, too. Too. T-o-o. It’s three letters that is left off that people don’t understand. Black Lives Matter, too.”

—Bubba Wallace, NBC Sports, June 12, 2020

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Key and Peele, Celine Dion, or Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Fri 26 Jun 2020

Keep going

Posted by PJ under courage and fear, faith, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“We can’t allow ourselves to be frightened into not living our lives, and I think that we have to keep going and we have to keep going with the faith that things will get better…And things will get better when we make them better.”

—Oprah Winfrey, interview on Entertainment Tonight, as quoted on KTVB, October 2, 2017

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Key and Peele, Celine Dion, or Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Thu 25 Jun 2020

Empathy

Posted by PJ under empathy, quote of the day, understanding
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Random quote of the day:

“People are starting to understand the other side’s perspective, and that’s where empathy can sort of begin once you quit judging other people but just understand where they’re coming from.”

—Sterling K. Brown, Ebony, September 19, 2019

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Key and Peele, Celine Dion, or Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Wed 24 Jun 2020

Freedom

Posted by PJ under freedom, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.”

—Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave by Frederick Douglass

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Key and Peele, Celine Dion, or Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Tue 23 Jun 2020

Justice

Posted by PJ under justice, love, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Justice is what love looks like in public.”

—Cornel West, Brother West

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Key and Peele, Celine Dion, or Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Mon 22 Jun 2020

Do it

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, science
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Random quote of the day:

“You tell me when you want it and where you want it to land, and I’ll do it backwards and tell you when to take off.”

—Katherine Johnson, https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/mathematician-katherine-johnson-at-work

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Key and Peele, Celine Dion, or Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Fri 19 Jun 2020

Your story

Posted by PJ under history, holidays, quote of the day, stories
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Random quote of the day:

“Hold those things that tell your history and protect them. During slavery, who was able to read or write or keep anything? The ability to have somebody to tell your story to is so important. It says: ‘I was here. I may be sold tomorrow. But you know I was here.’”

—Maya Angelou, The New York Times, October 26, 2010

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Key and Peele, Celine Dion, or Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Thu 18 Jun 2020

Phonebook

Posted by PJ under identity, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“I went through every phone book in Africa, and I didn’t find one god damned Pryor!”

—Richard Pryor, Live At The Sunset Strip

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Key and Peele, Celine Dion, or Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Wed 17 Jun 2020

Strain

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, racism
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Tue 16 Jun 2020

Shadow

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, shadows, the past, the shadow
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Random quote of the day:

“Your past is your shadow. It has form but no substance, except in the places you allow it to touch you.”

―Tananarive Due, Blood Colony

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Key and Peele, Celine Dion, or Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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