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Category Archive: 1940

Julian Bond Quote: “I do think that some of…”

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.

October 25, 2021 1940, American, January 14, Julian Bond, Quotes by Activists

Paul Tagliabue Quote: “I think the preponderant opinion clearly…”

I think the preponderant opinion clearly was that St. Louis could be a great football city if it had a team of its own that they could really root for.

October 25, 2021 1940, American, November 24, Paul Tagliabue, Quotes by Leaders

Joseph Brodsky Quote: “I do not believe in political…”

I do not believe in political movements. I believe in personal movement, that movement of the soul when a man who looks at himself is so ashamed that he tries to make some sort of change – within himself, not on the outside.

October 23, 2021 1940, American, Joseph Brodsky, May 24, Quotes by Poets

Julian Bond Quote: “I now teach at American University…”

I now teach at American University and the University of Virginia.

October 19, 2021 1940, American, January 14, Julian Bond, Quotes by Activists

Julian Bond Quote: “Ever since I’ve become chairman, there…”

Ever since I’ve become chairman, there have been profiles of me in People, George, The Washington Post, The Detroit News, and all of them could have been written by the same person.

October 18, 2021 1940, American, January 14, Julian Bond, Quotes by Activists

Fatema Mernissi Quote: “To me, the Quran is a…”

To me, the Quran is a research book.

October 5, 2021 1940, Fatema Mernissi, Moroccan, Quotes by Activists, September 27

Robert Pinsky Quote: “I am a frustrated saxophone player….”

I am a frustrated saxophone player. If I could, I would abandon all of my books, and I would trade it all if I could play the way people I admire play.

October 4, 2021 1940, American, October 20, Quotes by Poets, Robert Pinsky

Jack Prelutsky Quote: “I keep a guitar around while…”

I keep a guitar around while writing and will improvise music. I do this for several reasons, such as that it’s fun, and sometimes it helps me with the meter.

October 3, 2021 1940, American, Jack Prelutsky, Quotes by Poets, September 8

Joseph Brodsky Quote: “Life is a game with many…”

Life is a game with many rules but no referee. One learns how to play it more by watching it than by consulting any book, including the holy book. Small wonder, then, that so many play dirty, that so few win, that so many lose.

September 22, 2021 1940, American, Joseph Brodsky, May 24, Quotes by Poets

Wangari Maathai Quote: “And so I’m saying that, yes…”

And so I’m saying that, yes, colonialism was terrible, and I describe it as a legacy of wars, but we ought to be moving away from that by now.

September 17, 2021 1940, April 1, Kenyan, Quotes by Activists, Wangari Maathai

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