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I think and think for months, for years. Ninety-nine times the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right. - Albert EinsteinHome is the place, when you have to go there, they have to take you in. - Robert FrostChildren are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future. - John F. KennedyPolitics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once. - Winston Churchill |
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Not for myself I make this prayer, But for this race of mine That stretches forth from shadowed places Dark hands for bread and wine. The image of God cut in ebony. O black and unknown bards of long ago, How came your lips to touch the sacred fire? How, in your darkness, did you come to know The power and beauty of the minstrel's lyre? In the Negro countenance you will often meet with strong traits of benignity. I have felt yearnings of tenderness towards some of these faces. The best way to uncolor the Negro is to give the white man a white heart. The Negro is an exotic of the most gorgeous and superb countries of the world, and he has deep in his heart a passion for all that is splendid, rich and fanciful. |
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My words fly up, my thoughts remain below; Words without thoughts never to heaven go. |
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