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"I don't have to participate in another culture's ceremonies in order to respect that culture."
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"His way isn't the same as mine, nor mine as his. But we're both in search of our destinies, and I respect him for that."
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"People with disabilities are sometimes very humble and approachable, if you want a seasoned reputation, then behave like one of the handicaps."
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"If you're going to sit on someone's tombstone, you might as well know something about them, right?"
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"Disagreeing with someone does not mean that they have to be enemies or opponents."
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"I'm impressed when men go the distance to show they give a damn. That says nothing about the woman and everything about the man."
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"I don't think I get the respect as a singer. With this record, I wanted to bring respect to my band."
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"To be respected, respect others."
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"When I look at a person, I see a person - not a rank, not a class, not a title."
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"O: Hey youngman, you should respect me!Y: Hey oldman, you should understand me!"
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"Do not speak harshly to a grown-up man. He is old enough to be your father."
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"Everyone I have lost in the closing of a doorthe click of the lockis not forgotten, theydo not die but remainwithin the soft edgesof the earth, the ashof house fires and cancerin sin and forgivenesshuddled under old blanketsdreaming their way intomy hands, my heartclosing tight like fists."
Grief
"But my grandmother wanted us to forgive her murderer."
Forgiveness
"If I wasn't writing poems I'd be washing my hands all the time."
Time
"Walk the midway and hear the carnival barker.Come see the freak named after his deceased father.Come see the prince who wants to abdicate his throne.Come see the son whose name is carved on a gravestone."
Tragedy
"What if someone picks on me?" I askedThen I'll pick on them".What if someone picks my nose?" I asked.The I'll pick your nose, too" Rowdy said."
Friendship
"How much do we remember of what hurts us most? I've been thinking about pain, how each of us constructs our past to justify what we feel now. How each successive pain distorts the preceding."
Pain
"I'm quite aware of my differences. I wouldn't classify them as weird."
Identity
"Read. Read 1000 pages for every 1 page that you write."
Learning
"He was going to punish me now. He couldn't beat me up with his old man fists, but he could hurt me with his old man words."
Abuse
"If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads."
Reading
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