You cannot take any people, of any color, and exempt them from the requirements of civilization - including work, behavioral standards, personal responsibility, and all the other basic things that the clever intelligentsia disdain - without ruinous consequences to them and to society at large.

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It's a weird one: nobody notices when a brilliant comedian is fat or has sweat marks under their arms. Peter Kay isn't in the best shape and neither is Ricky Gervais, and it doesn't matter. Still, I like to feel like I'm transforming into something quite cool when I go on stage. - Michael McIntyre

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I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.- Muhammad Ali

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It does not matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop.- Confucius

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I admit it: I am louder than the average human being and have no fear of speaking my mind. These traits don't come from the color of my skin but from an unwavering belief in my own intelligence.

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All in all is all we are.

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I've reached a point in my life where it's the little things that matter... I was always a rebel and probably could have got much farther had I changed my attitude. But when you think about it, I got pretty far without changing attitudes. I'm happier with that.

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All matter comes from a primary substance, the luminiferous ether

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Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.

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Details matter, it's worth waiting to get it right.

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