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I just read history books. I read nothing but history books. They have so much to give I wish I'd majored in history in college.
James McBride
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James McBride
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: September 4
Jazz Musician
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It's the same old story. Nothing in this world happens unless white folks says it happens. And therein lies the problem of being a professional black storyteller - writer, musician, filmmaker.
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If you have the material it will form itself as a kind of connective tissue.
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But at the end of the day, there are some questions that have no answers, and then one answer that has no question: love rules the game. Every time. All the time. That’s what counts.
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So sweet and precious is family life.
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When you walk the significant land, the land speaks to you - even if it's 150 years later. You walk the earth and good things happen. There's always something to be said for going to a spot, even if there's nothing there. That's why you have a brain, your mind moves to other places when you're standing at an important spot.
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The black church will accept anybody.
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I come to the understanding that maybe what was on the inside was more important, and that your outer covering didn't count so much as folks thought it did, colored or white, man or woman.
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I'm not interested in food. It's just fuel.
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God gived you the seed. But the watering and caring of that seed is up to you.
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