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When I was a kid, from 10 years old, I worked every day for my dad, huh? Never played basketball. I never played tennis - never did. We worked so that we could eat.
— Melvin Van Peebles
Tags: every-day, dad, never, day

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A bumblebee can't fly. He's aerodynamically unsound. But he doesn't know that.
— Melvin Van Peebles
Tags: he, know, fly
If I had to find one characteristic that is most symbolic of me, I think I am tenacious.
— Melvin Van Peebles
Tags: find, think, i-am, me
I went to a number of schools when I was a kid on the south side of Chicago.
— Melvin Van Peebles
Tags: number, kid, chicago, side
Before me, music soundtracks were sort of afterthoughts.
— Melvin Van Peebles
Tags: before, were, me, music
Whitey is uptight about offending blacks without really knowing what offends blacks.
— Melvin Van Peebles
Tags: really, about, knowing, without
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