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I used to be a discipline problem, which caused me embarrassment until I realized that being a discipline problem in a racist society is sometimes an honor. ↗

— Ishmael Reed

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Few men are born brave. Many become so through training and force of discipline. ↗

— Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

#born #brave #discipline #few #few men

Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these. ↗

— James Whitcomb Riley

#determination #discouraged #effort #man #persistence

What I can say is that for may years jazz musicians had to go to Europe, for instance, to be respected and to be sort of treated not in a discriminatory way. I don't think there is anything controversial about me saying that. This is just a fact. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

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Daley may not feel a moral responsibility to eliminate discrimination but he has a legal obligation to do so. ↗

— Bobby Rush

#discrimination #eliminate #feel #legal #may

I want to know the age. The sex. Most of all, the fingerprints. I'd like to identify who it is. After he had agreed, and I had left the office, walking to calm myself, I thought: And who am I? Please tell me who I am and what I'm doing. ↗

— Paul Theroux

#self-discovery #age

I once knew a chap who had a system of just hanging the baby on the clothes line to dry and he was greatly admired by his fellow citizens for having discovered a wonderful innovation on changing a diaper. ↗

— Damon Runyon

#baby #changing #chap #citizens #clothes

When immortality becomes for us no longer a matter of academic discussion, but the most vital of all questions; we shall find our comfort where so many before us have found it, in the ancient words. ↗

— Henry Norris Russell

#ancient #becomes #before #comfort #discussion

We need affordable space travel to inspire our youth, to let them know that they can experience their dreams, can set significant goals and be in a position to lead all of us to future progress in exploration, discovery and fun. Thanks to the X Prize for the inspiration. ↗

— Burt Rutan

#discovery #dreams #experience #exploration #fun

The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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