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Malcolm X Quotes: [My half-sister] Ella and I always were much closer as basic types; we're dominant people, and [my other half-sister] Mary has always been mild and quiet, almost shy.
         

[My half-sister] Ella and I always were much closer as basic types; we're dominant people, and [my other half-sister] Mary has always been mild and quiet, almost shy.


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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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