“I get mad when I'm upset, so to prevent myself from doing anything stupid, I force myself to sleep on whatever issue I'm upset about. Almost always, when I've woken up, I feel much better.” FeelsForceSleepIssuesStupidMadUpset Author:Matthew Moy
“My mantra is always, "Take a nap first, Matt! Then think." It's silly, but it works.” ThinkingFirstsSillyMantrasNaps Author:Matthew Moy
“The Cuban Revolutionary Government has been generous and very considerate to me and my family. I lived in Santa Clara for a few months because I wanted to work in the countryside and get to know the country better.” KnowsHas BeensCountryGovernmentWantedMonthsMy FamilyRevolutionaryGenerousSantaCountrysideCubanConsiderateClara Author:Huey Newton
“I worked in the mechanical factories repairing cement trucks. The Cuban government wanted me to work in the university as a teacher in literature, but I declined because I wanted a more sense of the countryside.” GovernmentWantedLiteratureTeacherUniversityFactoriesTruckCountrysideCubanCementRepairing Author:Huey Newton
“The neighbors were more than neighbors [on Cuba]. They were like part of the family.” NeighborCuba Author:Huey Newton
“Just before I left [Cuba], I was about to transfer to the university. I had decided I had had enough experience in work in the manual areas. But then I got word from the United States that I could return...that my party had gathered enough information about the false charges that were against me for me to return to the United States.” StatesEnoughLeftUnitedPartyUnited StatesInformationReturnAreasDecidedUniversityCubaTransfersHad EnoughManuals Author:Huey Newton
“I am very happy here [on Cuba], but I feel I have work to do in the United States. It's where I can identify with the total world struggle for socialism. But I think as a North American, as a Black North American, I have certain understandings - certain contributions - to make that are unique to the North Amerian experience.” ThinkingWorldFeelsI CanStatesCertainUnderstandingBlackUnitedUnited StatesStruggleUniqueSocialismContributionVery HappyCuba Author:Huey Newton
“I think it's wrong for North America in particular, the West in general to make a comparison between the economic situation in Cuba and the extraordinarily developed industrial complex of North America.” ThinkingAmericaSituationEconomicParticularWestComplexesComparisonCubaNorth America Author:Huey Newton
“More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.” PeopleInspirationalGovernmentVisionPoliticianFuturePressesLawyerReleaseAfrican AmericanOfficialsProvidingStrictBlack WomenSlogansCivil Rights MovementHandshakePublic OfficialsVisions Of The FuturePress Release Author:Barbara Jordan