It's kind of selfish to say that you're only going to fight for a victory that you will live to see. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes fight kind live
My dad always associated information with liberation. He was very much in that Malcolm X tradition. Ta-Nehisi Coates dadinformationliberation Change image and share on social
I do understand how hate eats at the soul and how to purge yourself of hate. Ta-Nehisi Coates eathatepurge Change image and share on social
One of the things we tell ourselves as African-Americans is if we work hard, play by the rules, we do start back a little ways, but if we can be twice as good, somehow we can escape history and heritage and legacy. Ta-Nehisi Coates africanamericanback share on social
It is only when you watch the dense mass of thousands of ants, crowded together around the Hill, blackening the ground, that you begin to see the whole beast, and now you observe it thinking, planning, calculating. It is an intelligence, a kind of live computer, with crawling bits for its wits. Lewis Thomas antbeastbegin share on social
When I have a creative insight, there is a high. I think back in the day, I made music as much as I did because it made me feel so good. I think you could argue that there is a creative addiction - but, you know, the healthy kind. Lauryn Hill addictionargueback share on social
Women ought to be fully guarded by law in all rights of property, labor, profession, etc.; but, roughly stated, the voting population ought to represent the fighting population. John Boyle O'Reilly fightfullyguard Change image and share on social