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"Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude."
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"We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases."

"What makes your life rainy or sunny is your attitude towards life, not the attitude of life towards you!"

"Sometimes you just have to have a can-do fuck you attitude."

"It is important to take the seriousness out of things that do not deserve it. Take the seriousness out of it, and the thing loses its power."

"Part of our western outlook stems from the scientific attitude and its method of isolating the parts of a phenomenon in order to analyze them."

"Guard yourself with a positive attitude, conviction, hope and fulfillment of your heart's desire."

"I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back."
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"In time, we shall be in a position to bestow on South Africa the greatest possible gift - a more human face."

"The basic tenet of black consciousness is that the black man must reject all value systems that seek to make him a foreigner in the country of his birth and reduce his basic human dignity."

"Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, the most positive call to emanate from the black world for a long time."

"It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realize that the only vehicle for change are these people who have lost their personality."

"Merely by describing yourself as black you have started on a road towards emancipation, you have committed yourself to fight against all forces that seek to use your blackness as a stamp that marks you out as a subservient being."

"Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude."
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