Dorothy Cotton quotes
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“Black folk, a lot of us lived as victims in a certain part of our history. And we had to really erase that tape. We're not victims. We are citizens.”
-- Dorothy Cotton -
“I'm convinced nonviolence can be successful in working for positive change in our relations with other countries right now.”
-- Dorothy Cotton -
“If a house is burning, and bucket of water is thrown on the blaze and doesn't extinguish the fire, this doesn't mean that water won't put out fire. It means we need more water. And so with nonviolence.”
-- Dorothy Cotton
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Source : "Ten rules for writing fiction". www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.
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“Women are so perverse. Look how they won't wear black when nothing suits them so well!”
Source : Ada Leverson (1907). “The Twelfth Hour”
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“I could learn how to press 'Record' on a tape recorder and write for a newspaper or a magazine.”
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