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Rikers: An Oral History

by Graham Rayman

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“I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.”
― Herbert Bayard Swope

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“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

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“Could live with you in solitude and need no one else. Give me your love.”
― Curtis Mayfield

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“You know you've got it, if it makes you feel good.”
― Janis Joplin, The Best of Janis Joplin

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“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”
― Erick S. Gray

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