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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.

Malcolm X

History is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.
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Animal History Man Memories People
There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.
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Adversity Broken Heart Contain Improvement Lesson Loss Performance Seed Time
I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.
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Against Benefit Human Humanity Justice Matter Truth
So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
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Accomplishment Inspirational Learning Life Noise Want Work Hard
The only persons who really changed history are those who changed men’s thinking about themselves.
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Change History Inspirational Men Person Thinking
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
Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children.
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Business Children Enemy Fools Teaching
Those who would hunt a man need to remember that a jungle also contains those who hunt the hunters.
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Contain Hunt Hunter Jungle Man Remember Revenge
One day, may we all meet together in the light of understanding.
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Life Light Meet Positive Togetherness Understand
I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don’t believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn’t want brotherhood with me.
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Attitude Believe Brotherhood Man Self Respect
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?
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Deep Man Philosophy Thankful Yourself
I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
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Book Curiosity Life Reading Satisfaction Spend
There can be no black-white unity until there is first some black unity.
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Black Black Lives Matter Unity White
In fact, once he is motivated no one can change more completely than the man who has been at the bottom. I call myself the best example of that.
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Change Complete Example Man Motivational Myself Struggle
I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won’t let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion.
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Acceptance Battle Believe Fight Freedom Hell People Religion
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

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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