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“People are too focused on money. It’s supposed to be a tool, not the prize to be won.”
constant, unrealistic, irrational, and unnatural quest for perfection. They seek to have bodies with no blemishes or disease; that do not age; that have perfect eyes, noses, and lips all in the right places; that are thin like fashion models’ or muscular like athletes’; that are tall, lacking warts, extra fingers, pimples, scars; that always smell fresh like flowers; etc.
“Prejudice begets prejudice, you see. Knowledge does not always evolve into wisdom.
“A troublemaker through and through. Though he respects his parents, he has no respect for authority. I can tell you from personal experience, to be a young black man in America with a hatred for authority is a recipe for disaster.
This world is bigger than you and it will go on, regardless.”
“Use it well and true. There are more valuable things in life than safety and comfort. Learn. You owe it to yourself.
“They don’t teach them to understand others, they teach them to expect others to understand them,” he said in English. He humphed and said, “Americans.”
I have confidence in you because I have confidence in myself. I am incredible.
