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Words are to be taken seriously. I try to take seriously acts of language. Words set things in motion. I've seen them doing it. Words set up atmospheres, electrical fields, charges.
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She never wanted these pictures called up on some future hot, dry day in some other place. She squinted, closed her eyes even, 'less the pictures cling to her eyes, store in the brain, to roll out later and crush her future with the weight of this place and its troubles.
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What can defeat greed, technological superiority, and legal lawlessness... is discipline, consciousness, and unity.
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Toni Cade Bambara
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Born:
March 25, 1939
Died:
December 9, 1995
(aged 56)
Bio:
Toni Cade Bambara, born Miltona Mirkin Cade, was an African-American author, documentary film-maker, social activist and college professor.
Known for:
Gorilla, My Love (1972)
Raymond's Run (1990)
The Salt Eaters (1980)
Those Bones are Not My Child
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