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“You know why Madison Avenue advertising has never done well in Harlem? We're the only ones who know what it means to be Brand X.”

Book:From the Back of the Bus

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From the Back of the Bus

This book delves into the lives of African Americans who faced segregation and discrimination, focusing on their struggles and the societal changes brought about by the civil rights movement. more

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Dick Gregory

English biography, 120-180 words more

“Writing is both the excursion into and the excursion out of one's life. That is the queasy paradox of the artistic life. It is the thing that, like love, removes one both painfully and deliciously from the ordinary shape of existence. It joins another queasy paradox: that life is an amazing, hilarious, blessed gift and that it is also intolerable.”

Writing Art Life Is Existence Shapes Ordinary Blessed Artistic Remove Paradox Like Love Excursions Artistic Life

Author:Lorrie Moore

“I don't care if I'm a fish, I still want a bicycle.”

Ifs Want Stills Care Fishes Don't Care I Don't Care Bicycle

Book:The Collected Stories of Lorrie Moore

Source: The Collected Stories of Lorrie Moore

“As the most recently arrived to earthly life, children can seem in lingering possession of some heavenly lidless eye.”

Children Seems Eye Possession Heavenly Lingering

Author:Lorrie Moore

“Forgiveness lives alone and far off down the road, but bitterness and art are close, gossipy neighbors, sharing the same clothesline, hanging out their things, getting their laundry confused.”

Art Forgiveness Neighbor Confused Hanging Out Bitterness Down The Road Laundry Clotheslines

Book:Self-help

Source: Self-help

“the compulsion to read and write - and it seems to me it should be, even must be, a compulsion - is a bit of mental wiring the species has selected, over time, in order, as the life span increases, to keep us interested in ourselves.”

Should Writing Seems Order Reading Bits Increase Species Compulsion Selected Life Span Wiring

Author:Lorrie Moore

“shopping for clothes is like masturbation - everyone does it, but it isn't very interesting and therefore should be done alone, in an embarrassed fashion, and never be the topic of party conversation.”

Should Doe Done Interesting Party Fashion Conversation Clothes Shopping Embarrassed Topics Very Interesting Masturbation Shopping For Clothes

Book:The Collected Stories of Lorrie Moore

Source: The Collected Stories of Lorrie Moore

“Perhaps one would be wise when young even to avoid thinking of oneself as a writer - for there's something a little stopped and satisfied, too healthy, in that. Better to think of writing, of what one does as an activity, rather than an identity - to write, I write; we write; to keep the calling a verb rather than a noun; to keep working at the thing, at all hours, in all places, so that your life does not become a pose, a pornography of wishing.”

Thinking Writing Littles Doe Would Be Young Wish Hours Wise Identity Calling Healthy Activity Oneself Satisfied Pornography Being Wise Verbs Nouns

Author:Lorrie Moore

“As soon as I wake up I pay homage to the Buddha, and I try to prepare my mind to be more altruistic, more compassionate, during the day to come so I can be of benefit to beings. Then I do physical exersice - I walk on a treadmill.”

Trying Mind I Can Walks Pay Benefits Wake Up Compassionate Homage Treadmills Days To Come

Author:Dalai Lama

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