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Keep cool and you will command everyone. Justinian I Died November 14, 565

Against stupidity the very gods Themselves contend in vain. Friedrich Schiller Born November 10, 1759

The childhood shows the man, As morning shows the day. John Milton Died November 8, 1674

Anytime a child is born, the old people look in his face and ask him if he’s the One. Ernest J. Gaines Died November 5, 2019

A pretty good test of a man’s religion is how it affects his pocketbook. Francis J. Grimké Born November 4, 1852

Many thanks to @aljazeera.com for hosting me today to discuss the announcement of famine in El-Fasher and Kadugli, Sudan. The war is devolving into an increasingly harrowing situation, and shout-out to those media outlets that are doing their part to #KeepEyesOnSudan 🙏🏾

Richard Nixon inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebears, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them. James Reston Born November 3, 1909

Outlined against a blue-gray October sky, the Four Horsemen rode again. Grantland Rice Born November 1, 1880

Only those who are being burned know what fire is like. Ethel Waters Born October 31, 1896

You play to win the game. Herman Edwards October 30, 2002

Just go on…and faith will soon return. Jean le Rond d’Alembert Died October 29, 1783

Grateful to @pbsnews.org for the chance to speak on last night's segment "Sudan's cultural heritage becomes a casualty in its civil war." As I shared with Jeffrey Brown, I fear that Sudanese may lose access to material history that connects them to their ancient and resilient past.

The Negro is the bone and sinew of your country and you cannot do without him. Robert Smalls Speech on October 27, 1895

I’m grateful for all the breaks and honors and opportunities I’ve had, but I always believe I won’t have it made until the humblest black kid in the most remote backwoods of America has it made. Jackie Robinson Died October 24, 1972

Say off the gobbledygook language…For the Lord’s sake, be short and say what you’re talking about. Maury Maverick Born October 23, 1895

The first time ever I saw your face I thought the sun rose in your eyes, And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave To the dark and empty skies. Ewan MacColl Died October 22, 1989

Army life was rough. Would you believe it, they actually wanted me to pitch three times a week. Whitey Ford Born October 21, 1928

The spirit of his father was in him, and the Friend to whom his father had left him did not neglect the trust. Thomas Hughes Born October 20, 1822

The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves. Logan Pearsall Smith Born October 18, 1865

Shout out to @mariners.com starting pitcher Bryce Miller, who's rocking a ballcap inscribed with "Isaiah 6:8" for today's pivotal Game 5. "Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me."

As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free. Julia Ward Howe Died October 17, 1910

I love looking at the Steller's Jays that fly around our yard 🐦‍⬛

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go. Oscar Wilde Born October 16, 1854

I cannot bear a mother’s tears. Virgil Born October 15, 70 BC

Although man is already ninety per cent water, the Prohibitionists are not yet satisfied. Josh Billings Died October 14, 1885

I saw and approached the hungry and desperate mother, as if drawn by a magnet. Dorothea Lange Died October 11, 1965

Did you know that PUMA has a global brand partnership with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture? Check out @timekatounsel-phd.bsky.social's latest at @forbes.com, where she writes how Puma is honoring the Schomburg's 100th anniversary 📚 Link: www.forbes.com/sites/timeka...

Up the sky in silence holy Comes the young moon slowly, slowly, Softly with her light divine, Filling, like a cup with wine. Elizabeth Chase Allen Born October 9, 1832

Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime. Vittorio Alfieri Died October 8, 1803

From childhood’s hour I have not been As others were—I have not seen As others saw. Edgar Allan Poe Died October 7, 1849

General Motors, General Mills, General Foods, general ignorance, general apathy, and general cussedness elect presidents and Congressmen and maintain them in power. Herbert M. Shelton Born October 6, 1895

Our son just screamed, "P is for Pteranodon!" I love that kid 😊

“Poets are born, not made.” That’s about the way it is with punters. John Heisman Died October 3, 1936

Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. August Wilson Died October 2, 2005

Ninety percent of our lawyers serve 10 percent of our people. We are over-lawyered and under-represented. Jimmy Carter Born October 1, 1924

When two men in a business always agree, one of them is unnecessary. William Wrigley, Jr. Born September 30, 1861

We have federal regulations and state laws that prohibit hunting ducks with more than three rounds. And yet it’s legal to hunt humans with 15-round, 30-round, even 150-round magazines. Dianne Feinstein Died September 29, 2023

The word within a word, unable to speak a word, Swaddled with darkness. In the juvenescence of the year Came Christ the tiger. T.S. Eliot Born September 26, 1888

Growing up among the poor, I and everyone in our community were taught mainly through the church that the poor were God’s chosen people. bell hooks Born September 25, 1952

God is on the side of freedom; and any cause that has God on its side, I care not how much it may be trampled upon, how much it may be trailed in the dust, is sure to triumph. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Born September 24, 1825

Rise up to be born with me, my brother. Pablo Neruda Died September 23, 1973

The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity. Arthur Schopenhauer Died September 21, 1860

God giveth speech to all, song to the few. Walter C. Smith Died September 19, 1908

"The world of women’s basketball has been one of the few spaces where the bright lights consistently shine on Black women and girls," writes Dr. Timeka Tounsel @timekatounsel-phd.bsky.social in her latest article @forbes.com. www.forbes.com/sites/timeka...

Excited to share that the Oxford Encyclopedia of African Women's History is out! And humbled to see my article “Women in South Sudan” included among entries written by so many African Studies scholars that I look up to 🙏🏿 Link: oxfordre.com/africanhisto...

The volcano which the colonists had long ignored, pretending it did not exist, was now in full eruption. Masses of slaves poured down from the hills, emerging from the plantations as though they had been spewed up from a crater. Marie Vieux-Chauvet Born September 16, 1916

When a man is really in love he can't help looking like a sheep. Agatha Christie Born September 15, 1890