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The high point of civilization is that you can hate me and I can hate you but we develop an etiquette that allows us to deal with each other because if we acted solely upon our impulse we'd probably go to war.

Stanley Crouch

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Stanley Crouch
Age: 74 †
Born: 1945
Born: December 14
Died: 2020
Died: September 16
Journalist
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Stanley Lawrence Crouch
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