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"History, an enterprise requiring human effort, is often written from national motivations. History, in order to be scholarly, must in some way be freed from the limits this imposes." ~Timothy Snyder

kvetchlandia: Jim Marshall     Ray Charles, New York City      1962 “I’d like to think that when I sing a song, I can let you know all about the heartbreak, struggle, lies and kicks in the ass I’ve gotten over the years for being black and everything else, without actually saying a word about it.” Ray Charles 

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Jim Marshall     Ray Charles, New York City      1962

“I’d like to think that when I sing a song, I can let you know all about the heartbreak, struggle, lies and kicks in the ass I’ve gotten over the years for being black and everything else, without actually saying a word about it.” Ray Charles 

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  2. imageinfomood said: I like this quote. I feel that both Ray Charles and Donny Hathaway do that when they sing.
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