Edwidge Danticat Quotes
I would hate for people to generalize about every Haitian from something that one Haitian did, or a group of Haitians did.
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We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place.
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I'd say Juventus has a story as legendary as the Yankees.
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I wrote my first piano piece when I was in 4th grade.
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We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the game.
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Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences; wrongly understood, as it has been so tragically in our time, it leads first to conformity and then to despotism.
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I like second chances. I've given people second chances. You have fall-outs with friends, and forgiveness is a great thing to have. It's not easy to forgive. I definitely don't forget, but I do forgive.
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Romania is still very much underutilizing its natural and human potential.
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You may have heard of the Slow Movement, which challenges the canard that faster is always better. You don't have to ditch your career, toss the iPhone, or join a commune to take part. Living 'Slow' just means doing everything at the right speed - quickly, slowly, or at whatever pace delivers the best results.
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If you have the material it will form itself as a kind of connective tissue.
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You don't become indispensable merely because you are different. But the only way to become indispensable is to be different. That's because if you're the same, so are plenty of other people.
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I would hate for people to generalize about every Haitian from something that one Haitian did, or a group of Haitians did.
