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Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.

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All people in the world - who are not hermits or mutes - speak words. They speak different languages, but they speak words. They say, "How are you" or "I'm not feeling well" all over the world. These common words - these common elements that we have between us - the writer has to take some verbs and nouns and pronouns and adjectives and adverbs and arrange them in a way that sound fresh.

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We need language to tell us who we are, how we feel, what we're capable of- to explain the pains and glory of our existence.

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If I could give you one thought, it would be to lift someone up. Lift a stranger up--lift her up. I would ask you, mother and father, brother and sister, lovers, mother and daughter, father and son, lift someone. The very idea of lifting someone up will lift you, as well.

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I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

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I know that I'm not the easiest person to live with. The challenge I put on myself is so great that the person I live with feels himself challenged. I bring a lot to bear, and I don't know how not to.

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Hope and fear cannot occupy the same space. Invite one to stay.

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I want to be representative of my race-the human race. I have a chance to show how kind we can be, how intelligent and generous we can be.

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There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.

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It's very hard for adults to maintain respect and romance so that a love affair can be sustained over years.

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It is only out of ignorance that people are cruel, because they really don't think it will come back.

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The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are.

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Life sometimes gives you a second chance.

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We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans - because we can. We have some impulse within us that makes us want to explain ourselves to other human beings.

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My encouragement to you is to go tomorrow to the library.

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I'm happy to be a writer - of prose, poetry, every kind of writing. Every person in the world who isn't a recluse, hermit or mute uses words. I know of no other art form that we always use.

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As long as you're breathing, it's never too late to do some good.

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Laugh and dare to try to love somebody, starting with yourself. You must love yourself first, of course, and you must protect yourself so that nobody overrides you, overrules you, or steps on you. Just say, 'Just a minute. I'm worth everything, dear.'

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But from a distance. I would have left you whole and wholly for the delectation of those who wanted more and cared less.

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I believe everything is energy. I believe that the meal you serve yourself, you prepare, is energy. And if you serve it to your family, it's your gift of energy to them.

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