It is my contention that most people are not mugged every day, that most people in this world do not encounter violence every day. I think we prepare people for violence, and I think just as importantly we prepare people for the definition of being gentle.
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Nationality: American Type: Entertainer Born: June 27, 1927 Death: January 23, 2004 |
“The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative and the second is disastrous.”
“To be black and an intellectual in America is to live in a box. On the box is a label, not of my own choosing.”