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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."

"It was five years since I'd won a race, so I was a bit bewildered."
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"I have always been vitally interested in physical conditioning. I have long believed that athletic competition among people and nations should replace violence and wars."

"I could make good time because I was so long and skinny, shooting through the water like a stick."

"The director sent for me for Tarzan. I climbed the tree and walked out on a limb. The next day I was told I was an actor."

"We didn't have the lane ropes, we had to get up higher in the water to avoid the little waves."

"The William Morris Agency handled me. In that business, you're only as good as your last picture."
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