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Mike Williams
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“I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it—on the inside.”
― The Last Tycoon (An Unfinished Novel) together with The Great Gatsby
― The Last Tycoon (An Unfinished Novel) together with The Great Gatsby
“Enthusiasm makes up for a host of deficiencies.”
― A Promised Land
― A Promised Land
“When you’re young, you see the world as it should be, and when you’re old you start to see it as it really is.”
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“When he was young, his father told him that black people didn’t like water because they were brought over here on slave ships. What did a black man want to swim for? The ocean floor was already littered with black men.”
― Homegoing
― Homegoing
“Talent is something you’re born with. It’s a gift and a curse, and it’s often cause for jealousy from those who are without it.”
― Magic Lessons
― Magic Lessons
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