- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
All of my life, I've been told no. That I was too poor, too short, too black. I enjoy it when people underestimate me.
- Commissioner
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- Nov 07, 2020
My experience as a county commissioner has taught me that the best ideas often come from our neighbors, church groups, and community.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unfortunately for me, I was one of these people who took a long time to learn that the material at his feet was fine.
- Mountain
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Go Tell It on the Mountain,' its pages heavy with sinners brought low and prayers groaning on the wind, scared me when I read it as a teenager.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I decided to go around the country and sit down with Klan leaders and Klan members to find out: How can you hate me when you don't even know me?
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some black people who have not heard me interviewed or read my book jump to conclusions and prejudge me... I've been called Uncle Tom. I've been called an Oreo.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are a lot of well meaning white liberals. And a lot of well meaning black liberals. But you know what? When all they do is sit around and preach to the choir it does absolutely no good. If you're not a racist it doesn't do any good for me to meet with you and sit around and talk about how bad racism is.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd had a racist experience as a child at age 10, where people had thrown rocks at me and bottles. I didn't understand. And all it was, was because of the color of my skin, nothing I had done, nothing I had said.
- Ignorance
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a difference between being ignorant and being stupid... For me, an ignorant person is someone who makes the wrong decision or a bad choice because he or she does not have the proper facts. If you give that person the facts and the proper information you have alleviated that ignorance, and they make the right decision.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never set out to convert anyone in the Klan. I just set out to get an answer to my question: 'How can you hate me when you don't even know me.'
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't consider myself to be a racist, but to me there's not much difference between a black racist or a white racist.
- Effort
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- Nov 07, 2020