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Apr 11, 2004 · More Than You Know: With Michael French, John Henshaw, Donald Gee, Clive Swift. Mr. Ffotherington comes to Ormston and explains that the new road could be avoided. At an emergency meeting everybody decides to be as nice as possible to him and impress him with lavish hospitality.
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- 2004-04-11
- Drama
- Michael French, John Henshaw, Donald Gee
- “There are things you can't back down on, things you gotta take a stand on. But it's up to you to decide what them things are. You have to demand respect in this world, ain't nobody just gonna hand it to you.
- “Baby, we have no choice of what color we're born or who our parents are or whether we're rich or poor. What we do have is some choice over what we make of our lives once we're here.”
- “She grabbed his arm. "Let it be, son!" she cried. "That child ain't hurt!" "Not hurt! You look into her eyes and tell me she ain't hurt!” ― Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.
- “Roll of thunder hear my cry Over the water bye and bye Ole man comin’ down the line Whip in hand to beat me down But I ain’t gonna let him Turn me ’round”
- Baby, we have no choice of what color we're born or who our parents are or whether we're rich or poor. What we do have is some choice over what we make of our lives once we're here.
- Although there are those who wish to ban my books because I have used language that is painful, I have chosen to use the language that was spoken during the period, for I refuse to whitewash history.
- There are things you can't back down on, things you gotta take a stand on. But it's up to you to decide what them things are. You have to demand respect in this world, ain't nobody just gonna hand it to you.
- I learned a history not then written in books but one passed from generation to generation on the steps of moonlit porches and beside dying fires in one-room houses, a history of great-grandparents and of slavery and of the days following slavery; of those who lived still not free, yet who would not let their spirits be enslaved.
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- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 12
"Look out there, Cassie girl. All that belongs to you. You ain't never had to live on nobody's place but your own and long as I live and the family survives, you'll never have to."
"Friends gotta trust each other, Stacey, 'cause ain't nothin' like a true friend." "The Wallaces did that, children. They poured kerosene over Mr. Berry and his nephews and lit them afire."
"Well, you just get your little Black self back over there and wait some more." "No day in all my life had ever been as cruel as this one."
"Seems to me if Stacey's not smart enough to hold onto a good coat, he don't deserve it." "These are things they need to hear, baby. It's their history." "We ain't never gonna lose this land." "We Logans don't have much to do with White folks. You know why? 'Cause White folks mean trouble." "I'm a Southerner, born and bred, but that doesn't mean I ...
"I expect you'd best just forget about teaching altogether." "Got me better friends than y'all! They give me things and treat me like I'm a man."
"He's got a need to show us where we stand in the scheme of things. He's got a powerful need to do that."
"There's smoke coming from my forest yonder!" "What happened to T.J. in the night I did not understand, but I knew that it would not pass. And I cried for those things which had happened in the night and would not pass."
- Esther Lombardi
21 of the best book quotes from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. 01. “Maybe one day whites and blacks can be real friends, but right now the country ain’t built that way . . . The trouble is, down here in Mississippi, it costs too much to find out . . . So I think you’d better not try.” Mildred Taylor. author. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. book.
However, Mr Boynton and Rev Brewer begin to suspect there is more to the official than meets the eye. Elsewhere, Dr Newman faces a heart-wrenching ethical dilemma when he diagnoses a woman with motor neurone disease and Jean gets a nasty shock when she checks on her wedding dress fund
"Born and Bred" More Than You Know (TV Episode 2004) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
