This the American black man knows: his fight here is a fight to the finish. Either he dies or wins. If he wins it will be by no subterfuge or evasion of amalgamation . He will enter modern civilization here in America as a black man on terms of perfect and unlimited equality with any white man, or he will enter not at all. Either extermination root and branch, or absolute equality. There can be no compromise. This is the last great battle of the west.

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To remain stable is to refrain from trying to separate yourself from a pain because you know that you cannot. Running away from fear is fear, fighting pain is pain, trying to be brave is being scared. If the mind is in pain, the mind is pain. The thinker has no other form than his thought. There is no escape. ― Alan Wilson Watts

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beginnings are usually scary, and endings are usually sad, but its everything in between that makes it all worth living.

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The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

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Most of us have compromised with life. Those who fight for what they want will always thrill us.

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Give thanks for what you are today and go on fighting for what you gone be tomorrow

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When I discover who I am, I’ll be free. ― Ralph Ellison

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If she's amazing, she won't be easy. If she's easy, she won't be amazing. If she's worth it, you wont give up. If you give up, you're not worthy. ... Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.

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The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.

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I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will. ― Charlotte Brontë

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