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In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.

Malcolm X

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
You get your freedom by letting your enemy know that you’ll do anything to get it. Then you’ll get it. It’s the only way you’ll get it.
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Business Enemy Freedom Success Work Hard
Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you’re a man, you take it.
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Attitude Equality Freedom Giving Justice Man
Read absolutely everything you get your hands on because you’ll never know where you’ll get an idea from.
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Book Hands Ideas Knowledge Reading
Reading has changed the course of my life radically. I did not aim behind it to gain any certificates to improve my position. Rather, I wanted to live intellectually.
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Certificate Change Course Gain Improvement Intellect Life Position Reading
You and I have never seen democracy; all we’ve seen is hypocrisy.
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Democracy Politics
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
It is only after the deepest darkness that the greatest light can come; it is only after extreme grief that the greatest joy can come.
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Come Darkness Extreme Grief Joy Light
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
Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.
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Belong Education Future Passport People Preparation Present
I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
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Book Curiosity Life Reading Satisfaction Spend
Revolutions overturn systems. Revolutions destroy systems.
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Destroy Revolution System
I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.
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Believe Black Colour Human Lives Matter Regard Respect
The greatest mistake of the movement has been trying to organize a sleeping people around specific goals. You have to wake the people up first, then you’ll get action.
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Action Goals Mistake Movement Organize People Sleep Try Wake Up
Education is the means to help our children and thereby increase self-respect.
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Children Education Help Increase Self Respect
Respect me, or put me to death.
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Death One Liner Self Respect

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