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Alex Haley

"Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics."

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Amber Hurdle

"Our minds of infinite possibilities have been plowed, seeded and cultivated by every word, institution and sacred belief we hold dear, to produce a foul harvest of exclusion, apathy, brute domination and death."

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Amber Hurdle

"A society becomes a breeding ground of violence and terrorism when it closes its door to new ideas and forces the citizens to live in the prison of conforming thoughts."

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Amber Hurdle

"Oh shit did you just dis the feminine genderI'll pummel your ass then stick you in a blenderYou think I like Tori and Ani so I can't rhymeBut I got flow like Ghostbusters got slimeObjectify women and it's fuckin' onYou'll be dead and gone like ancient Babylon."

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Amber Hurdle

"Don't judge people by their religious, cultural, or professional background. Judge if you must, by their behavior with other people."

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Amber Hurdle

"A country is poor not because they have no wealth but because they have no good ideas."

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Amber Hurdle

"Either you are homophobic or you are a human - you cannot be both."

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Amber Hurdle

"It's strange how money seems to silence a neighborhood," I say quietly. "On my street, where no one has money, it's so loud. Sirens blaring, people shouting, car doors slamming, stereos thumping. There's always someone, somewhere, making noise."

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Amber Hurdle

"O brave new world,That has such people in 't!-Miranda."

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Amber Hurdle

"The overload of useless ceremonials and worship have crippled the whole nation. If you want to do good to your nation and yourself, then throw away your ancient ceremonials as far as possible."

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Amber Hurdle

"Some tourists think Amsterdam is a city of sin, but in truth it is a city of freedom. And in freedom, most people find sin."

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"Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children."
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"Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help."
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"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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