How many times have people used a pen or paintbrush because they couldn’t pull the trigger?

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We used to be hunter-gatherers, now we're shopper-borrowers. ― Robin Williams

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First you have free breakfasts, then you have free medical care, then you have free bus rides, and soon you have FREEDOM! ― Fred Hampton

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Racism is a blight on the human conscience. The idea that any people can be inferior to another, to the point where those who consider themselves superior define and treat the rest as subhuman, denies the humanity even of those who elevate themselves to the status of gods.

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You can make money and you can make excuses, but you can never make money out of excuses.

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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. ― George Washington

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There may be people that have more talent than you, but there is no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do. -Derek Jeter

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I to tease Joe Louis by reminding him that I was the greatest of all time. But Joe Louis was the greatest heavyweight fighter ever.- Muhammad Ali

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It's important, therefore, to know who the real enemy is, and to know the function, the very serious function of racism, which is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining over and over again, your reason for being. Somebody says you have no language and so you spend 20 years proving that you do. Somebody says your head isn't shaped properly so you have scientists working on the fact that it is. Someone says you have no art so you dredge that up. Somebody says you have no kingdoms and so you dredge that up. None of that is necessary. There will always be one more thing.

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Never make excuses for someone who disrespects you-who they are or what they do isn't a pass to treat you like trash!

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