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“You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.”
― By Any Means Necessary
― By Any Means Necessary
“It wasn't so much that I was afraid of the place itself, but I was afraid of the creatures who masqueraded as people.”
― Real World
― Real World
“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.
(Popular misquote of "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.")”
― Letter to My Daughter
(Popular misquote of "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.")”
― Letter to My Daughter
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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