Anthony Ray Hinton Quotes
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When it seems like the whole world thinks you're bad, it's hard to hang on to your goodness.
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I hope that America will do away with the death penalty. I truly believe we are better than that.
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I'm really trying to bring an end to the death penalty because it means so much to me.
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My only crime was being born black - or being born black in Alabama.
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Bitterness kills the soul.
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I loved to read books in the free world, and there was a lot of time to sit around and do nothing in prison. When you read, it opens up your mind; it helped us take our minds away from where we were.
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When you're poor and black in America, you stand a greater chance of going to prison for something you didn't do.
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You never think of your freedom until it's taken away from you, and once it's taken... So, it means everything to me. You couldn't put a price tag on it.