People thought I was cocky because I didn't talk much. When I first turned pro, reporters asked me who was going to win. I'd say, 'I am' because it was the easier than giving some long, drawn-out answer.

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To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.

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However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

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If this work can contribute in any way toward proving this, and at the same time arouse the conscience of the American people to a demand for justice to every citizen, and punishment by law for the lawless, I shall feel I have done my race a service. - Ida B. Wells

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As long as he’s happy, I am happy. — Joseph Jackson

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I love treason but hate a traitor.

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We know what we are, but know not what we may be. - William Shakespeare

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You may forget with whom you laughed, but you will never forget with whom you wept.

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You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension.

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Moral wounds have this peculiarity - they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart.

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