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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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"Take those praises with a level head, you must not be distracted by them. After all, purpose still awaits you."
"Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck."
"Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be deserved, like a hug from a child."
"All praise to the masters indeed, but we too could produce a Kant or a Hugo."
"We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us."
"Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts."
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"Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics."
"When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth."
"Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you."
"My fondest hope is that 'Roots' may start black, white, brown, red, yellow people digging back for their own roots. Man, that would make me feel 90 feet tall."
"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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