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Anytime you have to rely upon your enemy for a job you’re in bad shape.

Malcolm X

Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again.
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Adult Children Failure Inspirational Learning Lesson Shame Try
Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down.
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Gun Peace Struggle Violence War
If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.
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Care Hate Love Newspaper Oppress People
Everybody shall be accepted no matter what they stand for, you are not always going to agree on their faith.
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Acceptance Agree Black Lives Matter Equality Faith Matter Stand
I’m sorry to say that the subject I most disliked was mathematics. I have thought about it. I think the reason was that mathematics leaves no room for argument. If you made a mistake, that was all there was to it.
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Argument Mathematics Mistake Reason Subject
If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.
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Brutal Hands Police Solitude Sure Violence
If you have no critics you’ll likely have no success.
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Criticism Freedom Inspirational Success
Hence I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.
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Black Lives Matter Compassion Crush Mercy Penalize People Racism Society Violence Weight
I think that the best thing that a person can be is sincere.
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Person Positive Sincere
A race of people is like and individual man; until it uses its own talent, takes pride in its own history, expresses its own culture, affirms its own selfhood, it can never fulfill itself.
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Culture Express Fulfillment History Individual Man People Pride Race Talent
Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
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One Liner Oppress Truth
A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can’t play the part of a wise man.
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Clown Man Play Wise
Education is the means to help our children and thereby increase self-respect.
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Children Education Help Increase Self Respect
Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again.
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Adult Children Failure Inspirational Learning Lesson Shame Try
The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.
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Ability Awake Book Crave Inside Reading
How can you thank a man for giving you what’s already yours? How then can you thank him for giving you only part of what is yours?
MALCOLM X

Deep Man Philosophy Thankful Yourself

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