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"Our children will be born of our actions. Our accidents will become their destinies. Oh, the actions will remain. It is a simple matter of what you will do when the chips are down, my friend. When the fat lady is singing. When the walls are falling in, and the sky is dark, and the ground is rumbling. In that moment our actions will define us. And it makes no difference whether you are being watched by Allah, Jesus, Buddha, or whether you are not. On cold days a man can see his breath, on a hot day he can't. On both occasions, the man breathes."
“On the question of racial discrimination, the Addis Ababa summit conference taught, to those who will learn, this further lesson: that until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned. That until there are no longer first class and second class citizens of any nation; That until the colour of a man's skin is no more significance than the colour of his eyes: That until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all, without regard to race; That until that day, the dream of lasting peace and world citizenship and the rule of international morality will remain but a fleeting illusion to be pursued but never attained; And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes that hold our brothers in Angola, in Mozambique and in South Africa in sub-human bondage have been toppled and destroyed; Until bigotry and prejudice and malicious and inhuman self interest have been replaced by understanding and tolerance and goodwill; Until all Africans stand and speak as free beings, equal in the eyes of men as they are in the eyes of heaven; Until that day, the African continent will not know peace. We Africans will fight, if necessary and we know that we shall win, as we are confident in the victory of good over evil.The basis of racial discrimination and colonialism has been economic and it is with economic weapons that these evils have been and can be overcome. In pursuance of resolutions adopted at the Addis Ababa summit conference, African states have undertaken certain measures in the economic field which, if adopted by all member states of the United Nations, would soon reduce intransigence to reason. I ask, today, for adherence to these measures by every nation represented there which is truly devoted to the principles enunciated in the charter.We must act while we can, while the occasion exists to exert those legitimate pressures available to us lest time run out and resort be had to less happy means. The great nations of the world would do well to remember that in the modern age even their own fates are not wholly in their hands. Peace demands the efforts of us all. Who can foresee what spark might ignite the fuse? The stake for each one of us is identical-life or death. We all wish to live. We all seek a world in which men are freed of the burdens of ignorance, poverty, hunger and disease. And we shall all be hard-pressed to escape the deadly rain of nuclear fall out should catastrophe overtake us. The problems which confront us today are, equally, unprecedented. They have no counterparts in human experience. Men search the pages of history for solutions, for precedents, but there are none. This then, is the ultimate challenge. Where are we to look for our survival, for the answers to the questions which have never been posed? We must look, first, to the Almighty God, Who has raised man above the animals and endowed him with intelligence and reason. We must put our faith in Him, that He will not desert us or permit us to destroy humanity which He created in His image. And we must look into ourselves, into the depth of our souls. We must become something we have never been: more courageous, greater in spirit, larger in outlook. We must become members of a new race, over coming petty prejudice, owing our ultimate allegiance not to nations but to our fellow men within the human community.â€English translation as published in the 1972 book important utterances of HIM Emperor Haile Selassie 1 by Imperial Ethiopian Ministry of Information, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Music:
thirdy 3rd, iniversal saints, bob marley, gorillaz, regina spektor, feist, yyys, hurts to purr, justice, cold war kids, deerhoof, amy winehouse, ben harper & the innocent criminals, radiohead, bjork, iron & wine, rjd2, the roots, portishead, john coltrane, the clash, david bowie, pj harvey, dj shadow, kasabian, interpol, arcade fire, joy division, the raconteurs, smashing pumpkins, dieselboy, mos def, talib kweli, postal service, donald glaude, hi tek, mf doom, common, led zeppelin, mark farina, the cure, massive attack, atmosphere, white stripes, BRMC, air, the mars volta, sonic youth, sublime, living legends, dj krush, pete yorn, depeche mode, death cab for cutie, tricky, bent, del, st. germain, royksopp, the mighty bop, ladytron, sade, mr. lif, aesop rock, air, fiona apple, division of laura lee, madness, hooverphonic, erykah badu, al green, les nubians, the verve, the doors, goldfrapp, pink floyd, rage against the machine, the specials, lauryn hill, the avalanches, aimee mann, amos lee, emiliana torrini, jeff buckley, mazzy star, nick drake, over the rhine, thievery corp., the beatles, 80's new wave, punk, ska, r&b, hip hop and such...
Movies:
donnie darko, ali g in da house, hustle & flow, the mother, dancer in the dark, the yes men, maria full of grace, raising victor vargas, dirty filthy love, crash, hotel rwanda, ray, garden state, napoleon dynamite, jesus' son, fahrenheit 9/11, sucker free city, anne b. real, super size me, saved!, party monster, requiem for a dream, steal this movie!, kill bill, mallrats, office space, say anything, frida, la haine, edward scissorhands, our america, amelie, bowling for columbine, fight club, waking the dead, drugstore cowboy, the graduate, almost famous, playing mona lisa, groove, american history x, scratch, wet hot american summer, dog fight, welcome to the dollhouse, the pianist, lord of the rings, harry potter, less than zero, gia, pulp fiction, the lost boys, love come down, harold& kumar go to white castle, the warriors, all i want, goonies, basquiat, permanent midnight, piñero, go!, inventing the abbots, some girl, human traffic, laurel canyon, bamboozled, the professional, secrets & lies, neverending story, the dark crystal, sixteen candles, breakfast club, ferris buellers day off, zoolander
Television:
i like it. i watch it too much. damn DVR. damn it.
Books:
fruit of the lemon, white teeth, any thesaurus, what should i do with my life?, 1984, fast food nation
Heroes:
mom, people that stand up against adversity- ¡viva la revolución!, maya angelou, beverly tatum, janeane garofalo, "ferris bueller, you're my hero"
