I'm always annoyed about why black people have to bear the brunt of everybody else's contempt. If we are not totally understanding and smiling, suddenly we're demons.
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Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all.
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Everywhere, everywhere, children are the scorned people of the earth.
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No one ever talks about the moment you found that you were white. Or the moment you found out you were black. That's a profound revelation. The minute you find that out, something happens. You have to renegotiate everything.
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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
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At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough.
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