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"In America, with all of its evils and faults, you can still reach through the forest and see the sun. But we don't know yet whether that sun is rising or setting for our country."
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"Nirvana was like that- Nirvana was like the only band to come out of that- it was like the same thing, Seattle was like this whole scene and it was like this big scene that was thrust upon America."

"In 1860 a total eclipse of the sun was visible in British America."

"I had been in so many towns and cities in America with John Kennedy, but I was not with him in Dallas, Texas, on November 21, 1963."

"I don't believe in quotas. America was founded on a philosophy of individual rights, not group rights."

"I think I came back from America a funnier and nicer person than I went."

"Lynda Carter, I think the reason I liked her was because she was so down to earth. Even though she was a big star and she was Miss America, she was very approachable."
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"You know why Madison Avenue advertising has never done well in Harlem? We're the only ones who know what it means to be Brand X."

"We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre."

"Just being a Negro doesn't qualify you to understand the race situation any more than being sick makes you an expert on medicine."

"I am really enjoying the new Martin Luther King Jr stamp - just think about all those white bigots, licking the backside of a black man."

"Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten."
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