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Junior Bonner: The Making of a Classic with Steve McQueen and Sam Peckinpah in the Summer of 1971
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Our luncheon concluded with warm good-byes, certain we would soon be seeing Susan Hayward as Elvira Bonner. But what we did not know was that Susan Hayward felt less than appreciated. “She’s on a plane back to Florida!” reacted an angry,
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“To blacks, it was abundantly clear what groups like the NAACP and CORE wanted; the NOI, by contrast and largely by design, had no clear social program that realistically could be implemented (215).”
― Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
― Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention

“By the end of a short walk, the septic tip of a cane probably collects enough germs to destroy a small city.”
― Sideswipe
― Sideswipe

“There is no greater serenity of mind,” Malcolm reflected, “than when one can shut the hectic noise and pace of the materialistic outside world, and seek inner peace within oneself.”
― Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
― Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention

“There is something about a man with a beard I cannot stand. No particular reason for it. Prejudice, I suppose. I feel the same way about cats.”
― Pick-Up
― Pick-Up

“No whiskey, no religion, nothing.”
― Pick-Up
― Pick-Up

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