I have seen the dark universe yawning Where the black planets roll without aim, Where they roll in their horror unheeded, Without knowledge, or lustre, or name.

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I think the only reason Clarence Thomas is on the court is because he is black. — Joe Biden

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Let some people get rich first. - Deng Xiaoping

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The emancipation of man is the emancipation of labor and the emancipation of labor is the freeing of that basic majority of workers who are yellow, brown and black.

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Keep a cool head and maintain a low profile. Never take the lead - but aim to do something big. - Deng Xiaoping

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Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music. -Nina Simone

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Poverty is not socialism. To be rich is glorious. - Deng Xiaoping

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I am a black diamond, unfaceted. Black diamonds are rare, hard to cut, and therefore uncommercial.

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Pursue what catches your heart, not what catches your eyes.

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Healing begins where the wound was made.

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