#my

You know why we're stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don't let themselves feel things. ↗

— Janis Joplin

#black #feel #know #myth #only

Last year was a tough decision for me, to end my season so short. But it was the right decision for me, because right now I feel great. I can go out here and sprint full speed right now, but I'm just going to pace myself for April 5. ↗

— Brian Jordan

#because #decision #end #feel #full

That attitude that fighting is probably not fair, but you have to defend yourself anyway and damage the enemy, has been profoundly consequential as far as my political activism goes. ↗

— June Jordan

#anyway #as far as #attitude #been #damage

It means to educate myself incessantly about the world around me. ↗

— June Jordan

#around #educate #incessantly #me #means

I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#again #failed #i #life #my life

I would have given my own life if I could have undone the killing of white men by my people. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#given #i #if i could #killing #life

We had good white friends who advised us against taking the war path. My friend and brother, Mr. Chapman, told us just how the war would end. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#against #brother #end #friend #friends

I like to try to give something back to the community because I feel fortunate for how I was raised and how my life turned out. Each year, with the help of my brother, Grant, we run a charity golf tournament to raise money for the Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy. ↗

— Curtis Joseph

#because #brother #cerebral #charity #community

My own interest in basic aspects of electron transfer between metal complexes became active only after I came to the University of Chicago in 1946. ↗

— Henry Taube

#after #aspects #basic #became #between

Chess is my life, but my life is not chess. ↗

— Anatoly Karpov

#life #my life