Assata Shakur Quotes - Page 6

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• People come telling the truth. When I ask how thing are in the States, they don't give me the okeydoke. They say, "Honey, things are hard." It reminds me I have to keep struggling.

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  Struggle, Giving, People

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• It seemed that most women, because they had been caught, gave up on the movement and were just trying to pass the time until they could be released. Men in prison struggled to maintain their pride, including their manhood, because that is all they had left after everything had been taken away.

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  Taken, Pride, Men

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• I'm crafting a vision of my life that involves creativity. And Cuban society allows me to do this. I know it's harder in the U.S. where so many people are just grateful to have a job.

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  Jobs, Grateful, Creativity

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• I realized that I was connected to Africa.

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  I Realized, Connected

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• Cubans understand that theirs is a country that provides sanctuary for people fleeing oppression. As a nation, they are very proud of this stance. They don't care how much the U.S. government badgers or attacks them.

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  Country, Government, People

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• There is something about Sundiata [Acoli] that exudes calm. From every part of his being you can sense the presence of revolutionary spirit and fervor. And his love for Black people is so intense that you can almost touch it and hold it in your hand.

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  Hands, People, Black

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• What most impressed me about Cuba was the optimism.

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  Optimism, Cuba, Impressed

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• I can't do nothin except try to find cloud nine.

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  Clouds, Trying, Nine

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• Cuba has its own moral system and priorities. That's what keeps it going, the belief that the country can control its own destiny.

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  Country, Destiny, Priorities

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• I think that any time anybody gets rid of oppression, intervention, exploitation, cruelty - that's positive.

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  Thinking, Oppression, Cruelty

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• I really wanted to know what happens in a place that is trying to build socialism, that's trying to construct some form of social justice. That's trying to feed people, to make health care and education a right.

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  People, Justice, Trying

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• My fantasy of Cuba was that everybody was going to be going around looking like Fidel, with green uniforms - and it was very different from my vision of how Cuba was going to be.

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  Vision, Different, Cuba

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• I worked, studied, mothered and continued to be an activist. I found that Cuba was much different from the US; its government was genuinely trying to erase racism.

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  Government, Racism, Trying

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• I'm truly blessed, because many of my friends come to Cuba. They like it here-they can relax and not worry about drive-by shootings or getting raped.

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  Blessed, Worry, Relax

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• I have advocated and I still advocate revolutionary change

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  Revolutionary, Revolutionary Change, Stills

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• If the U.S. succeeds in destroying the revolution, my status will be like that of most Cubans: I'll be up a creek without a paddle. It will be devastating for people worldwide who believe in justice.

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  Believe, Justice, People

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• Every person that steps up and commits to social change helps solidify the black movement cause. It is not easy for those who fill in the leader role.

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  Leader, Black, Roles

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• The U.S. doesn't recognize the laws of Cuba. They can kidnap anybody and bring them back to the States to face the so-called justice system. There's no telling what the U.S. government will do to me. I'm in constant danger; I guess I've gotten used to it.

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  Law, Government, Justice

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• I miss friends and family. If it weren't for visits from old friends and other African Americans I meet who come to Cuba, I'd probably be in some kind of time warp.

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  Missing, Old Friends, African American

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