I want to be an honest man and a good writer.

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People can cry much easier than they can change.

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People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

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To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.

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The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.

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Education is indoctrination if you're white - subjugation if you're black.

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Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.

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The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.

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When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop living.

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No people come into possession of a culture without having paid a heavy price for it.

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