Kristin Hunter Quotes

• It is true that no one can harm the person who wears armor. But no one can help him either.

  Kristin Hunter

  Armor, Helping, Harm

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• Everyone of us is a wonder. Everyone of us has a story.

  Kristin Hunter

  Stories, Wonder

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• First it is necessary to stand on your own two feet. But the minute a man finds himself in that position, the next thing he should do is reach out his arms.

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  Inspirational, Men, Two

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• I don't see black people as victims even though we are exploited. Victims are flat, one- dimensional characters, someone rolled over by a steamroller so you have a cardboard person. We are far more resilient and more rounded than that. I will go on showing there's more to us than our being victimized. Victims are dead.

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  Character, People, African American

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• I sometimes think humor and satire are more effective techniques for expressing social statements than direct comment.

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  Thinking, Technique, Sometimes

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• ...I have wanted to believe people could make their dreams come truethat problems could be solved. However, this is a national illness. As Americans, we believe all problems can be solved, that all questions have answers.

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  Dream, Believe, People

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• it is amazing how all our paths of rebellion tend to lead us straight back home.

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  Home, Back Home, Path

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• ...one of my motivating forces has been to recreate the world I know into a world I wish I could be in. Hence my optimism and happy endings.

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  Optimistic, Optimism, Wish

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• The boys think they can all be athletes, and the girls think they can all be singers. That's the way to fame and success. ...as a group blacks must give up their illusions.

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  Success, Girl, Giving Up

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• Writing is harder than anything else; at least starting to write is.

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  Writing, Starting, Harder

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• When you get up in the morning, you merely put on your clothes. When a colored man gets up in the morning, he puts on his armor.

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  Morning, Men, Clothes

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• I hate, loathe, and despise Christmas. It's a time when single people have to take cover or get out of town.

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  Christmas, Hate, People

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• I marvel at the many ways we, as black people, bend but do not break.

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  Racism, People, Black

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• The most amazing thing about little children ... was their fantastic adaptability.

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  Children, Littles, Most Amazing

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• I marvel at the many ways we, as black people, bend but do not break in order to survive. This astonishes me, and what excites me I write about. Everyone of us is a wonder. Everyone of us has a story.

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  Writing, Order, People

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• I have never felt a placard and a poem are in any way similar.

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  Poetry, Politics, Way

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