Quote by Thurgood Marshall
If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a state has n

If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his house, what books he may read or what films he may watch. – Thurgood Marshall

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None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody – a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns – bent down and helped us pick up our boots. – Thurgood Marshall

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Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control mens minds. – Thurgood Marshall

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Government
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A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi has exactly the same rights as a white baby born to the wealthiest person in the United States. Its not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for. – Thurgood Marshall

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Racism
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The next thing I wrote was in a writing class at night school. It was about a poor woman who worked at a dime store and who was all alone for Christmas in Laurel, Mississippi. – Beth Henley

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alone

The Christmas Song, by Nat King Cole, is not only a masterful performance to me it just sounds like the holidays. Ive never sung it, because Nats version is so perfect. I gotta leave it alone. – Harry Connick, Jr.

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alone

Im fiercely independent, but Im also terrified of being alone. – Adam Levine

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alone

Comics, for me, is being able to sing alone in the shower. I find it freeing. You just pick up a pen and get to it. – Shia LaBeouf

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alone

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Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom. – Don DeLillo

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I just feel like if I do good work, then people should respect me for the work I do. – Scott Caan

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I am in the present. I cannot know what tomorrow will bring forth. I can know only what the truth is for me today. That is what I am called upon to serve, and I serve it in all lucidity. – Igor Stravinsky

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Perseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success. – Ambrose Bierce

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Success