#de

They say it came from Africa, carried in the screams of the enslaved; that it was the death bane of the Tainos, uttered just as one world perished and another began; that it was a demon drawn into Creation through the nightmare door that was cracked open in the Antilles. Fukú americanus, or more colloquially, fukú - generally a curse or doom of some kind; specifically the Curse and the Doom of the New World. No matter what its name or provenance, it is believed that the arrival of Europeans on Hispaniola unleashed fukú on the world, and we've all been in the shit ever since. ↗

— Junot Díaz

#antilles #curse #demon #enslaved #fukú

In the 21st century, I think it's fair to say, homosexuality is more accepted in Britain and it's wonderful that my generation has been able to grow up with that. ↗

— Dan Stevens

#able #accepted #been #britain #century

It's deliberate that a lot of my films have been period pieces. ↗

— Cary Elwes

#deliberate #films #lot #period #pieces

Banks are slowly but surely lending again, and never again will taxpayers foot the bill for Wall Street's excesses. In case we forgot, that was the change we believed in. That was the change we fought for. That was the change President Obama delivered. ↗

— Rahm Emanuel

#banks #believed #bill #case #change

I believe the record I was allowed to help establish by the side of the president was important. ↗

— Rahm Emanuel

#believe #establish #help #i #i believe

You've gotta wonder what kind of vibe you're putting out there if you're having really creepy people come talk to you. ↗

— Jorja Fox

#creepy #gotta #having #kind #out

First, I identify an analogous problem in nature and borrow from it. ↗

— Philip Emeagwali

#borrow #first #i #identify #nature

I have expertise in five different fields which helps me to easily understand the analogy between my scientific problems and those occurring in nature. ↗

— Philip Emeagwali

#between #different #easily #expertise #fields

Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger. ↗

— Philip Emeagwali

#malcolm #malcolm x #mandela #nelson #nelson mandela

The 65,536 processors were inside the Connection Machine. ↗

— Philip Emeagwali

#inside #machine #processors #were