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The Washington black community was able to succeed beyond his wildest dreams. I mean, we had our own newspapers, our own restaurants, our own theaters, our own small shops, our own clubs, our own Masonic lodges. ↗

— Ed Smith

#beyond #black #black community #clubs #community

What is wrong with George Bush? What is his problem? ↗

— Ed Smith

#george #george bush #his #problem #wrong

When you say that you are a race man, it means that you embrace the entire black community regardless of the hue, whether somebody is very light and could pass for possibly white or someone is very dark. ↗

— Ed Smith

#black community #community #could #dark #embrace

When you were growing up in the 30s, 20s, of course the 40s, all black people at least in the Washington, D.C., area were required to live among themselves. ↗

— Ed Smith

#area #black #course #growing #growing up

The heart which finds life in material wealth is usually certain to go farther and seek for more in the satisfaction of base and sullen appetites. ↗

— George A. Smith

#base #certain #farther #finds #go

I'm just writing songs about how I feel or about how people I know feel. ↗

— Elliott Smith

#feel #how #i #i feel #just

I just wanted to move out of Portland to do something. ↗

— Elliott Smith

#just #move #out #portland #something

Well, I try not to think about the general public since I have no idea what the general public is and I don't think anybody does. ↗

— Elliott Smith

#anybody #does #general #general public #i

Because God only knows why people like what they like and don't like something else. ↗

— Elliott Smith

#else #god #knows #like #only

But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees. ↗

— Elliott Smith

#around #bamboo #doing #gravel #i