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“To talk to someone who does not listen is enough to tense the devil.”

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Pearl Bailey, an American actress, was born on March 29, 1918, and passed away on August 17, 1990. She was renowned for her performances in musical theater, film, and television, known for her distinctive voice and stage presence. more

“If the Africans and Arabs were ruling Spain from 711 to 1492, had they destroyed the Catholic church, they still would be ruling Spain to this day because that's the institution that held them together. The institute that gave them the only hope was their church. This is why we are so depressed because the institutions of hope that would cause fulfillment amongst us has either been destroyed or laughed at.”

Ifs Stills Would Be Together Causes Church Catholic Institutions Destroyed Fulfillment This Day Laughed Spain Ruling Catholic Church Institute

Author:John Henrik Clarke

“When people laugh at your institutions and convince you that you have to adopt theirs - adopt their dress, adopt their taste in food - you are a prisoner to those people.”

People Laughing Taste Dresses Institutions Convince Prisoner

Author:John Henrik Clarke

“We never see ourselves as heroes and sometimes when we do it is a hero that has made a fortune as a clown or a boxer. And there is no lasting value in either one of those.”

Made Sometimes Values Hero Fortune Lasting Clown Boxers

Author:John Henrik Clarke

“Clowns don't build institutions, nor do boxers.”

Institutions Clown Boxers

Author:John Henrik Clarke

“Our concept of beauty is taken from Hollywood, which is anti-black. We don't see ourselves as beautiful in most cases. Although we are naturally one of the most beautiful peoples out there, we don't see it. We don't get the point. Hollywood sets the standards.”

Beautiful Black Cases Taken Standards Concepts Hollywood Beautiful People

Author:John Henrik Clarke

“Now, Jews integrate but they don't destroy their institutions. They don't close the synagogue. They don't stop having special Jewish graveyards. They don't stop having special Jewish holidays. Why can't we understand that we can have things special to us and still comingle and integrate with others.”

Stills Special Institutions Jew Holiday Integrating Graveyard Synagogue

Author:John Henrik Clarke

“The one thing you never integrate at the ruin of your own pleasure is your institutions.”

Pleasure One Thing Institutions Ruins Integrating

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“The southern white Baptists now want to integrate with the black Baptist church. I say that would be the end of it. In the first place, most white southern Baptists can't preach, their intentions are not that good and we make a different joyful noise unto the Lord than white people. When we say, "Lord Jesus, personal savior", we may not mean the same thing as what they mean.”

People Want Firsts May Mean Different Ends Would Be Jesus Black Church White Lord Intention Noise Southern Savior Joyful Baptists Integrating Southern Baptist

Author:John Henrik Clarke

“There has been a struggle to reclaim the African self. That struggle has been on the part of a minority of dedicated African-Americans who never gave up our African identity at no time during our stay here.”

Has Beens Self Struggle Identity African American Minorities Dedicated Gave Up

Author:John Henrik Clarke

“We probably have, right now, after the Civil Rights movement - and this was very unfortunate - the most glaring time of giving up on Africa, saying we're Americans. We are Americans. I'm not arguing that point. So are the Italians. So are the Germans. So are the Jews. We're Americans with an historical geography of origins outside of the United States as all people, maybe except the indigenous Americans who came here so long ago, who have generations of people whose historical origins are right here but whose initial historical origins are somewhere in Asia.”

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