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"I had learned something of Miami from people who had visited there, so I knew what to expect."
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"I do think you feel a little bit like you are preying on people's lives."

"People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they were scared of being alone."

"Still and all, why bother? Here's my answer. Many people need desperately to receive this message: I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone."

"People who see beauty all around them live in a beautiful world. People who see danger all around them live in a dangerous world."
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"I come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be."


"So I had to be careful. I recognized the responsibility that, whether I liked it or not, I had to accept whatever the obligation was. That was to behave in a manner, to carry myself in such a professional way, as if there ever is a reflection, it's a positive one."


"I wanted to look at them because I feel, internally, that I am an ordinary person who has had an extraordinary life."


"My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important."


"I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life."


"I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people."
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