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Nat King Cole

"The whites come to applaud a Negro performer just like the colored do. When you've got the respect of white and colored, you can ease a lot of things."

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"The whites come to applaud a Negro performer just like the colored do. When you've got the respect of white and colored, you can ease a lot of things."

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"Treat people like people. Beware of pity and patronization because in them, you can't see when you're unashamedly looking down on someone."

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"I didn't have the vaguest idea of what to do " I couldn't keep staring at the wall forever, I told myself. But even that admonition didn't work. A faculty advisor reviewing a graduation thesis would have had the perfect comment: you write well, you argue clearly, but you don't have anything to say."

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"Never ask about the details of someone's personal life, only the quality. Because if they want you to know, they'll let you know. If they don't want you to know, there is no need to know."

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"What grave liability one incurs when one calls a virtuous woman, a whore! It will ruin his countless lives to come. There is no liability if one calls a whore a virtuous woman!"

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"Barking at people earns their respect about as effectively as staring into the sun improves your vision."

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"I am 15 and you are 51, I know you are the best, to be loved by, everyone."

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"It is wise to use titles for people in positions of power, higher education, seniority, or maturity, unless otherwise instructed. This may sound old-fashioned, but practicing respectful traditions will earn you points and inevitably make you seem more cultured and sophisticated. This is especially true with older generations."

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"The natural and untainted male mind respects and loves the woman and her magnificent scope of capability and creative gifts."

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"Being told you are wrong or insulted, gives you an opportunity to practice decency and having a non-response internally."

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"Respect is that great spirit of good, which creates the beautiful space giving all souls the simple room to breathe."

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