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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one's actions.


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In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty - all are responsible.



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The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.



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When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.



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