Claude Brown quotes
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“I didn't know anything until December 2004 when I went to purchase a vehicle and was told there was a foreclosure on my credit and I wouldn't be able to get the car. I've still got a red flag on my credit.”
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“Despite everything that Harlem did to our generation, I think it gave something to a few. It gave them a strength that couldn't be obtained anywhere else.”
-- Claude BrownSource : Claude Brown, Nathan McCall (2012). “Manchild in the Promised Land”, p.394, Simon and Schuster
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“For where does one run to when he's already in the promised land?”
-- Claude BrownSource : Manchild in the Promised Land foreword (1965)
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“The language of soul. . . possesses a pronounced lyrical quality which is frequently incompatible to any music other than that ceaseless and relentlessly driving rhythm that flows from poignantly spent ideas.”
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“I really like listening to music in my car.”
Source : "Rebecca Romijn's Recipes for Success". Interview with Maggie Furlong, www.health.com. July 25, 2012.
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“Sometimes I sing along in the car, if something good is playing like Marvin Gaye.”
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“Why worship a flag or a God, when we can worship that which is best in us: our will to be great.”
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“The flag represents all the values and the liberties Americans have and enjoy everyday.”
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“For the glory born of Goodness Never dies, And its flag is not half-masted In the skies.”
Source : Bret Harte (1914). “The Writings of Bret Harte”
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“Deciding whether to trust or credit a person is always an uncertain task.”
Source : Letter from his cell at the Allenwood Federal Penitentiary to Stephen Aftergood of the Federation of American Scientists, November 2000; cited on the FAS website. Ames, you see, was not at fault; it was those who trusted him.
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“So, your dad's hot." "Thanks. He was that way when I met him, so I can't really take credit.”
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