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Lynn Swann

"Now, I'm not here because I was that good. I'm here because of the people around me made me that good."

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"Now, I'm not here because I was that good. I'm here because of the people around me made me that good."

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"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones."

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"Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them."

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"If something in your writing gives support to people in their lives, that's more than just entertainment-which is what we writers all struggle to do, to touch people."

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"We talk about freedoms for African-Americans but unless you have more than one option politically, how free are you?"
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"Players today are concerned about the money, but the large dollars only go to those players who are the best."
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"I think that most minorities have experienced some form of racial abuse."
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"Sports and entertainment have always been windows of opportunity for African Americans, when other doors were closed."
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