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"The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat."
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"She looked out and saw a tall and comely woman beckoning to her. Susannah's first look at Mia in the flesh astounded her, because the chap's mother was *white.* Apparently Odetta-that-was now had a Caucasian side to her personality and how that must frost Detta Walker's racially sensitive butt!"

"Growing up I sometimes imagined that for Christ's return perhaps He would appear as 'Black Jesus' to white people and 'White Jesus' to black people just to screw with the racists."

"A 'white' kid that asks too many questions is called 'curious.' A 'black' kid that asks too many questions is called 'forward.'"

"Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race."
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"Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed."

"Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them."

"If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well viewed."

"There's so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic."
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