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Lawrence Hill Inspirational Quotes (10)

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You must learn to respect, Papa said. But I do not respect her, I said. Papa paused for a moment, and patted my leg. Then you must learn to hide your disrespect.
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But I have long loved the written word, and come to see in it the power of the sleeping lion. This is my name. This is who I am. This is how I got here. In the absence of an audience, I will write down my story so that it waits like a restful beast with lungs breathing and heart beating.
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We are never really beyond it... slavery continues to this day.
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Never have I met a person doing terrible things who would meet my own eyes peacefully. To gaze into another person's face is to do two things: to recognize their humanity, and to assert your own.
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Sometimes a deal with the devil is better than no deal at all.
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Today you live, child. Tomorrow, you dream.
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I remember wondering, within a year or two of taking my first my first steps, why only men sat to drink tea and converse, and why women were always busy. I reasoned that men were weak and needed rest.
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beware the clever man that makes the wrong look right
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Some say that I was once uncommonly beautiful, but I wouldn't wish beauty on any woman who has not her own freedom, and who chooses not the hands that claim her.
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When it comes to understanding others, we rarely tax our imaginations.
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