Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals. -Martin Luther King, Jr.

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When we accept any discipline for ourselves, we try to avoid everything except that which is necessary for our purpose; it is this purposefulness, which belongs to the adult mind, that we force upon school children. We say, “Never keep your mind alert.

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Progress might have been all right once, but it's gone on too long.

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I think you can make a pure artistic product if you understand how to build your own industry. – Nipsey Hussle

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The American: a titan enamored of progress, a fanatical giant who worships "getting things done" but never asks himself what he is doing nor why he is doing it.

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Be truthful with yourself and other people, and try your best to make decisions outside of your ego. – Nipsey Hussle

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You’re doing great! Don’t forget to celebrate your progress.

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While the high-level climate talks pursue their stately progress towards some ill-defined destination, down in the trenches there is an undercurrent of suppressed panic in the conversations. The tipping points seem to be racing towards us a lot faster than people thought.

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I could only achieve success in my life through self-discipline, and I applied it until my wish and my will became one.

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I realized the power of hip-hop. I realized how influential this music and this culture are. – Nipsey Hussle

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