Some negroes lie, some are immoral, some negro men are not be trusted around women - black and white. But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men.
("To Kill a Mockingbird")
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The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.
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They're ugly, but those are the facts of life.
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