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There's no idea in the world that is not contained by black life. I could write forever about the black experience in America.


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Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.

Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.



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Have a belief in yourself that is bigger than anyone's disbelief.



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All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the other.



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All of art is a search for ways of being, of living life more fully.



Your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel.

Your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel.



You get to the point where your demons, which are terrifying, get smaller and smaller and you get bigger and bigger.

You get to the point where your demons, which are terrifying, get smaller and smaller and you get bigger and bigger.



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The simpler you say it, the more eloquent it is.



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Freedom is heavy. You got to put your shoulder to freedom. Put your shoulder to it and hope your back holds up.



Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.

Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.



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What do you believe in?--In this, that the weights of all things must be determined anew.



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