Piri Thomas quotes
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“The cruelest prison of all is the prison of the mind.”
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“I don't use the word minority because there is nothing minor about me.”
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“What a world! Whether you're right or wrong, as long as you're strong, you're right.”
-- Piri ThomasSource : Piri Thomas (1974). “Down These Mean Streets”, Vintage
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“As a writer I have always fought for the right to write. For writing is a time-honored means of communication. Lack of communication, the refusal of some to understand, or outright refusal to learn about other human beings is based on fear. Fear is what keeps people apart.”
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“Writing has such a power for expressionEven when you can’t talk with no one else in the whole world you can talk to your paper. Your feelings whether good, bad or indifferent. We call it despojo in Spanish, which means to be able to get rid of all this agony, weight inside of you. It brings clarity.”
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Source : Marcus Manilius, A. E. Housman (2011). “Astronomicon”, p.19, Cambridge University Press
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“Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and fly from them”
Source : A.J Cronin (1942). “the Keys of the Kingdom”
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Source : Aaron Copland (1980). “Music and Imagination”, p.43, Harvard University Press
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“Indians don't last in prison. They weren't born for it like the whites.”
Source : "Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here", 1969.
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“When one is already on the edge of the grave, why not resist?”
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“I turn and turn in my cell like a fly that doesn't know where to die.”
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