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"I had chosen to use my work as a reflection of my values."
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"A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes."

"It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself."
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"But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity."


"I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being."


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


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


"I've had it all my life and when it can time for me to start a family, I was quite anxious to do so."


"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 come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be."
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