14 Juneteenth Quotes To Help You Observe The Holiday

 Every year, June 19 marks Juneteenth, a day of remembrance of the African American culture, specifically Emancipation Day. On June 19, 1865, General Order No. 3 was read by Union General Gordon Granger in Galveston, Texas. The order informed enslaved Africans in America that they were free.

There are several ways to celebrate the holiday, no matter how much you do (or don't) already know. Start a book, watch a documentary, and spend the day listening and learning about what the day means to the Black community. As you reflect on the history of Juneteenth, these powerful statements from leaders throughout history will help you commemorate the holiday.

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A Never Ending Process

"Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation." - Coretta Scott King, Author, Activist, and Civil Rights Leader

Challenges and Responsibilities

"Every year we must remind successive generations that this event triggered a series of events that one by one defines the challenges and responsibilities of successive generations. That's why we need this holiday." - Al Edwards, Civil Rights Activist and Texas State Representative

Prayed for Freedom

"I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs." - Frederick Douglass, Author and Abolitionist

Claim Freedom As Your Own

"Freedom is not something that one people can bestow on another as a gift. They claim it as their own and none can keep it from them." - Kwame Nkrumah, Prime Minister and President of Ghana

Basic Human Rights

"We all require and want respect, man or woman, Black or white. It's our basic human right." - Aretha Franklin, Musician

Worth Fighting For

"We are not ready to fight because we love fighting. We are ready to fight because we are worth fighting for." ― Zoé Samudzi, Author and Activist

Human Together

"My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together." - Desmond Tutu, Human Rights Activist and Theologian

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Just U.S. History

"Won't it be wonderful when Black history and Native American history and Jewish history and all of U.S. History is taught from one book. Just U.S. History." - Maya Angelou, Author and Human Rights Activist

Unique Identities

"One day our descendants will think it incredible that we paid so much attention to things like the amount of melanin in our skin or the shape of our eyes or our gender instead of the unique identities of each of us as complex human beings." - Franklin Thomas, Former President and CEO of the Ford Foundation

Words of Emancipation

"Words of Emancipation didn't arrive until the middle of June so they called it Juneteenth. So that was it, the night of Juneteenth celebration, his mind went on. The celebration of a gaudy illusion." ― Ralph Ellison, Author

History Yet to Be Made

"There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made." - Michelle Obama, Former First Lady of the United States

Don't Give Up

"Just don't give up what you're trying to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong." -Ella Fitzgerald, Musician

Everybody But Me

"I swear to the Lord I still can't see why democracy means everybody but me." - Langston Hughes, Author

Can't Separate Peace from Freedom

"You can't separate peace from freedom, because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom." - Malcolm X, Human Rights Activist and Minister

Jeremy Grantham Said US Stocks Are Heroically Overpriced, Copper Should Shoot Higher, And That He Had An 'overprivileged' Lockdown In A Recent Interview. Here Are The 14 Best ...

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Legendary investor Jeremy Grantham said US stocks are hugely overpriced, predicted copper prices should shoot higher in the coming years, and that he had an "overprivileged" lockdown in an interview at the Morningstar Investment Conference Australia this week.

The cofounder of asset management firm GMO also ripped into the major oil companies, saying they're too cynical to engage with. And the 82-year-old said the SPAC boom and the Nasdaq had probably peaked.

Here are the 14 best quotes from the interview.

On the investing landscape

1. "The developed world is merely overpriced, no big deal on its own, but the US is heroically overpriced, and emerging markets is actually fairly cheap… I have complete confidence that if you bought the intersection, cheap emerging market stocks, that you would get a perfectly handsome 10- or 20-year return. And I am pretty darn confident that you will not get a handsome ten-year return from say the S&P 500 or Nasdaq."

2. "[The] Nasdaq has, by the way, peaked quite a long time ago, two months ago.... This time, my guess is the super SPACs peaked in January, the Nasdaq peaked in February. And maybe in a few months, the termites will get to the rest of the market."

3. "The super crazies are really anything to do with electrification. EVs, for sure, Tesla is the king of that group, [and] they're down 30%. The SPAC index is down 30%, the last 10 SPACs having announced a deal are now [trading at] less than the $10 that they do these deals at."

4. "There is no way copper will not rise hugely from here because of the electrification of everything. And that goes for cobalt, that goes for lithium. And all of the metals except iron and aluminum are really scarce… You have to be reconciled in the long run for a different world of commodity prices."

On dangers for markets

5. "The higher an asset price is, the lower the return. So having high-priced assets is great for retirees, old folks like me selling off my assets. But for everybody else, it means you compound your wealth more slowly… So I welcome lower asset prices, which I'm confident will come."

6. "It won't take bad news. It won't take a thoroughly bad economy to start bringing this market down. It will take a perfectly good economy and perfectly optimistic outlook, but a little less than it used to be a week ago, a month ago." - Grantham also spoke of "pessimism termites" that would start to eat away at investor confidence.

7. "You look around and you find that real estate is suddenly pretty bubbly in almost every interesting market in the world… You can't keep an asset class like housing, where the house doesn't change, and you're just marking it up in real terms year after year. Eventually, there'll be a day of reckoning."

8. "Don't pull a Japan. Japan had the biggest bubble in history in land and real estate, bigger than the South Sea Bubble in my opinion. It also had the biggest equity bubble of any advanced country. [Now] 32 years later their land is not back to where it was in 1989 and their stock market is not back in nominal dollars to where it was in 1989. And that's a perfect example, as the higher you go, the longer and greater the fall."

On lockdown

9. "We had a totally overprivileged existence. We're down in beautiful countryside with 50 acres of our own of woodland... And I did quite a lot more research than normal because I wasn't wasting my time on airplanes. So my carbon footprint was magnificent, and I was reduced to worrying about rather small things like amortizing my tie supply. If I could wear three at a time, I would."

On the oil companies

10. "The oil industry ran a deliberate campaign of obfuscation, political propaganda, to deliberately mislead the world… That should be criminal. It certainly has had a very damaging effect… It's cost the world perhaps as much as 10 years of progress on climate change action and government support and sensible regulation."

11. "I think engagement for the routine concerns [with companies over climate change] is the way to go… But with oil companies, I think they're simply too cynical and too clever for engagement to count."

On value investing and venture capital

12. "[Value investing] has had a brutal 11 years. It was the worst 10 years in history for value versus growth. And then last year was by far the worst single year. So you had the worst decade followed by the worst single year… We've had a lot of problems over the last 11 years."

13. "American capitalism seems to me past its prime, a little fat and happy, not aggressive enough. There's only half the number of people working for firms [that are] one and two years old than there were in 1975. So we're losing some of our dynamism."

14. "But there is one thing where the US is still exceptional and that is venture capital. And venture capital is really attracting the best people these days. They don't go to Goldman Sachs to write algorithms. They go into venture capital or to start a new firm, and they should."

Add These Happy Little Messages To Your Day—Here Are The 55 Best Bob Ross Quotes!

There are some people in life who instantly put others at ease, and Bob Ross, an American painter and pop-culture icon, is no exception. With a disarming smile, happy little paintings, and endless encouragement, the positive impact of his life has been significant. And between all of his quirky, soft-spoken comments and wise advice, we have the 55 best Bob Ross quotes!

Bob Ross was the host and creator of the television program The Joy of Painting, which ran on PBS from 1983 to 1994 (the year before he passed away). He has remained well-known thanks to the episodes on YouTube (as well as some on Netflix under the series title Beauty Is Everywhere), and from his extremely kind way of speaking and teaching methods of painting to all viewers—regardless of experience level. He truly believed that each person has incredible potential and could surprise themselves with their abilities as long as they just give it a shot.

Whether you admire Bob Ross for his “wet-on-wet” painting technique, TV personality, or endearing optimism, his words are sure to bring a smile to your face and resonate especially with all individuals who utilize creative outlets or call themselves dreamers.

1. “We don’t make mistakes, just happy little accidents.”

2. “All you need to paint is a few tools, a little instruction, and a vision in your mind.”

3. “I started painting as a hobby when I was little. I didn’t know I had any talent. I believe talent is just a pursued interest. Anybody can do what I do.”

4. “You can do anything here—the only prerequisite is that it makes you happy.”

5. “You have to allow the paint to break to make it beautiful.”

6. “If you do too much, it’s going to lose its effectiveness.”

7. “Don’t forget to tell these special people in your life just how special they are to you.”

8. “Anytime you learn, you gain.”

9. “We don’t really know where this goes—and I’m not sure we really care.”

10. “Go out on a limb—that’s where the fruit is.”

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11. “We artists are a different breed of people. We’re a happy bunch.”

12. “I can’t think of anything more rewarding than being able to express yourself to others through painting. Exercising the imagination, experimenting with talents, being creative; these things, to me, are truly the windows to your soul.”

13. “Find freedom on this canvas.”

14. “Gotta give him a friend. Like I always say, ‘Everyone needs a friend.'”

15. “Anything that you’re willing to practice, you can do.”

16. “Remember how free clouds are. They just lay around in the sky all day long.”

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17. “However you think it should be, that’s exactly how it should be.”

18. “Trees cover up a multitude of sins.”

19. “In painting, you have unlimited power. You have the ability to move mountains. You can bend rivers. But when I get home the only thing I have power over is the garbage.”

20. “There’s nothing wrong with having a tree as a friend.”

21. “Every day is a good day when you paint.”

22. “Isn’t it fantastic that you can change your mind and create all these happy things?”

23. “Use absolutely no pressure. Just like an angel’s wing.”

24. “The secret to doing anything is believing that you can do it. Anything that you believe you can do strong enough, you can do. Anything. As long as you believe.”

25. “I think there’s an artist hidden at the bottom of every single one of us.”

26. “It’s life. It’s interesting. It’s fun.”

27. “The only thing worse than yellow snow is green snow.”

28. “You can have anything you want in the world, once you help everyone around you get what they want.”

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29. “I think each of us, sometime in our life, has wanted to paint a picture.”

30. “Let’s build some happy little trees.”

31. “I like to beat the brush.”

32. “If I paint something, I don’t want to have to explain what it is.”

33. “That’s a crooked tree. We’ll send him to Washington.”

34. “We don’t laugh because we feel good, we feel good because we laugh.”

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35. “Look around. Look at what we have. Beauty is everywhere—you only have to look to see it.”

36. “If we’re going to have animals around we all have to be concerned about them and take care of them.”

37. “I really believe that if you practice enough you could paint the ‘Mona Lisa’ with a 2-inch brush.”

38. “This is a happy place; little squirrels live here and play.”

39. “Ever make mistakes in life? Let’s make them birds. Yeah, they’re birds now.”

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40. “Gotta have opposites, light and dark and dark and light, in painting. It’s like in life. Gotta have a little sadness once in awhile so you know when the good times come.”

41. “Talk to the tree, make friends with it.”

42. “How do you make a round circle with a square knife? That’s your challenge for the day.”

43. “I remember when my Dad told me as a kid, ‘If you want to catch a rabbit, stand behind a tree and make a noise like a carrot. Then when the rabbit comes by you grab him.’ Works pretty good until you try to figure out what kind of noise a carrot makes…”

44. “Be so very light. Be a gentle whisper.”

45. “We want happy paintings. If you want sad things, watch the news.”

46. “I guess I’m a little weird. I like to talk to trees and animals. That’s okay though; I have more fun than most people.”

47. “It’s hard to see things when you are too close. Take a step back and look.”

48. “Water’s like me. It’s lazy. Boy, it always looks for the easiest way to do things.”

49. “In nature, dead trees are just as normal as live trees.”

50. “Let’s build a happy little cloud.”

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51. “They say everything looks better with odd numbers of things. But sometimes I put even numbers – just to upset the critics.”

52. “It’s so important to do something every day that will make you happy.”

53. “There’s nothing in the world that breeds success like success.”

54. “Mix up a little more shadow color here, then we can put us a little shadow right in there. See how you can move things around? You have unlimited power on this canvas — can literally, literally move mountains.”

55. “You can do anything you want. This is your world.”

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