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"Only one thing is certain: if pot is legalized, it won't be for our benefit but for the authorities. To have it legalized will also be to lose control of it."

"Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock."

"But everyone gets burnt, don't they? Certain things are outside of your control. I suppose the only thing you can learn as a director is to not put yourself into situations where it can get outside of your control. And that's what happened."

"There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension."

"Liberty is the prevention of control by others."

"You put the thing that does the killing between your teeth, but you never give it the power to kill you."
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"In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport."

"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."

"We thought I was going to be a great athlete, and we were wrong, and I thought I was going to be a great entertainer, and that wasn't it either. I'm going to be an American Citizen. First class."

"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."

"And we love to dance, especially that new one called the Civil War Twist. The Northern part of you stands still while the Southern part tries to secede."

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

"When I lost my rifle, the Army charged me 85 dollars. That is why in the Navy the Captain goes down with the ship."
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