No Main Topic: Quotes Edition

1.  “Very rarely do you have a film student come in to meet with somebody, to talk to them about what it is that they want to do — and not only talk to them but follow up in really rigorous ways. With Rashad, or with any student, it’s not about talent.” via CT Mirror.  
2. “This year we’ve seen such a skyrocketing of numbers that indicates how much people are willing to put their lives at risk in order to call attention to these conditions that are ultimately life-threatening for people. People are not willing to give up so easily or to have their spirits broken.” via Prism Reports. 
3. “All cocaine produced in a year could fit on just over 1% of a single container ship. Imagine that scattered worldwide across innumerable boats, planes, vehicles, and people. ‘Bombing boats’ to stop drugs isn’t just cruel and illegal—it’s futile.” via Common Dreams.
4. “I can’t even speak due to everything we saw. I lost my cousin, I was injured and he was martyred, not from the first strike, but the second one. They bombed a car, I pulled myself away and kept walking, I hadn’t even gotten there when the street was bombed again.” via Scheerpost by way of Electronic Intifada. 
5. "Now the fin de cycle is upon us. African Americans in general, and Black politicians in particular, seem to have never considered that the era of ‘chocolate cities’ might end, or the consequences to Black welfare and political power . . .Big Capital’s urban offensive threatens to irrevocably disperse the population base of Black political power, rendering forever moot all dreams of meaningful African American self-determination." via Black Agenda Report.