I would permit no man, no matter what his color might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. ― Booker T. Washington

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I wanted color. I wanted to soar with happiness even if it meant dealing with the weight of fear and guilt, too. I wanted to live. ― Heather Anastasiu

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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings? -Diogenes

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I am called a dog because I fawn on those who give me anything, I yelp at those who refuse, and I set my teeth in rascals. -Diogenes

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The sun, too, shines into cesspools and is not polluted. -Diogenes

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Color in a picture is like enthusiasm in life.

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The great virtue of a free market system is that it does not care what color people are; it does not care what their religion is; it only cares whether they can produce something you want to buy. It is the most effective system we have discovered to enable people who hate one another to deal with one another and help one another.

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It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little. -Diogenes

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Crime, like virtue, has its degrees.

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Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly. -Diogenes

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