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In America the dream is to make it out of the ghetto. In Soweto, because there was no leaving the ghetto, the dream was to transform the ghetto.
“As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary.”
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“But sticking to rules just because they're there does not make them right. You need to learn when the rules should be broken.”
― Ashes
― Ashes
“If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.”
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“The reality of what we really are is often times found in the small snips, way down at the bottom of things.”
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“The things we do outlast our mortality. The things we do are like monuments that people build to honor heroes after they've died. They're like the pyramids that the Egyptians built to honor the pharaohs. Only instead of being made of stone, they're made out of the memories people have of you.”
― Wonder
― Wonder
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