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Ernest Gaines
American
Writer
About the author
Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything.
Ernest Gaines,
American
Writer
#Question
#Word
Sometimes you got to hurt something to help something. Sometimes you have to plow under one thing in order for something else to grow.
Ernest Gaines,
American
Writer
#Hurt
#Help
#Order
The mark of fear is not easily removed.
Ernest Gaines,
American
Writer
#Fear
There will always be men struggling to change, and there will always be those who are controlled by the past.
Ernest Gaines,
American
Writer
#Will
#Past
#Men
#Change
Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?
Ernest Gaines,
American
Writer
#Culture
#Men
Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing.
Ernest Gaines,
American
Writer
#Action
#Words
#Nothing