#ff

Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#change #different #get #render #result

I came to the conclusion that in order to end racial barriers, I needed to run for the office of the president and put forth an agenda of social justice and world peace. In addition, I concluded that someone needed to run and challenge the liberal orthodoxy. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#agenda #barriers #came #challenge #concluded

People internalize, from the jail to student loan debt, to credit card debt, to unemployment to the whole collective. It manifests itself in many ways, in people's home lives, domestic stuff. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#collective #credit #credit card #debt #domestic

Urban America has been redlined. Government has not offered tax incentives for investment, as it has in a dozen foreign markets. Banks have redlined it. Industries have moved out, they've redlined it. Clearly, to break up the redlining process, there must be incentives to green-line with hedges against risk. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#america #banks #been #break #break up

Black people were very angry with me for writing the book. A lot of people didn't believe me, or didn't want to believe me, and that used to really bother me. It was a very painful and difficult time. ↗

— LaToya Jackson

#believe #black #book #bother #difficult

The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient. ↗

— Mahalia Jackson

#sufficient #themselves #voice

Because I think every child star suffers through this period because you're not the cute and charming child that you were. You start to grow, and they want to keep you little forever. ↗

— Michael Jackson

#charming #child #cute #every #forever

October, that's when they pay off for playing ball. ↗

— Reggie Jackson

#october #off #pay #playing

The only difference between me and those other great Yankees is my skin color. ↗

— Reggie Jackson

#color #difference #great #me #only

I truly don't know why it was ended, though. It was suddenly decided that that would be it. They never said particularly why, because they were cut off in their prime. ↗

— Derek Jacobi

#cut #decided #ended #i #know