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My family was so poor we were close to eating the holes inside of doughnuts.


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A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.



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We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.



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I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he's wrong, than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.



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Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.



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If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.



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You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.



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The mother is the first teacher of the child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world.



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Read absolutely everything you get your hands on because you'll never know where you'll get an idea from.





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I write to tell my grandchildren where they come from, and what their grandparents were up to, and I hope they will in their own way continue. I invite anyone else to listen in.



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Here is my theory on this one. If you write things down, if there is a mystery and you try and explain it, once you've written it down for permanent, in due time, it'll be proven stupid.



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When the physical organism breaks up, the soul survives. It then takes on another body.




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