Hollywood gives a young girl the aura of one giant, self-contained orgy farm, its inhabitants dedicated to crawling into every pair of pants they can find.

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America's greatest crime against the black man was not slavery or lynching, but that he was taught to wear a mask of self-hate and self-doubt. ― Malcolm X

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We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity. Malcolm X

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Expectations tend to be self-fulfilling.

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Follow your own path, no matter what people say.

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If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing. Malcolm X

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I compose the music according to the nature of the show. 'Peter Gunn's' focus was violence so that was my key. - Henry Mancini

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If you stick a knife nine inches into my back and pull it out three inches, that is not progress. Even if you pull it all the way out, that is not progress. Progress is healing the wound, and America hasn't even begun to pull out the knife. ― Malcolm X

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I don't like changing with the wind; I like sticking to my own self.

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I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he's wrong, than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil. ― Malcolm X

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