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"In my writing, as much as I could, I tried to find the good, and praise it."
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"You are amazing," she said. "And you make a very handsome elephant."
"So, to praise others for their virtues can but encourage one's own efforts."
"Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck."
"Take those praises with a level head, you must not be distracted by them. After all, purpose still awaits you."
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"When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth."
"Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics."
"Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children."
"I look at my books the way parents look at their children. The fact that one becomes more successful than the others doesn't make me love the less successful one any less."
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