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“Heaven and earth! How is it that bodies join but never meet?”
“Race, what is that? Race is a competition, somebody winning and somebody losing. Blood doesn't run in races! Come on!”
“Both class and race survive education, and neither should. What is education then? If it doesn't help a human being to recognize that humanity is humanity, what is it for? So you can make a bigger salary than other people?”
“For me life is a challenge. And it will be a challenge if I live to be 100 or if I get to be a trillionaire.”