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Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born,

Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock. – James Baldwin

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Words like freedom, justice, democracy are not common concepts; on the contrary, they are rare. People are not born knowing what these are. It takes enormous and, above all, individual effort to arrive at the respect for other people that these words imply. – James Baldwin

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The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land. – James Baldwin

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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world indeed, its the only thing that ever has. – Margaret Mead

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I think sometimes when children grow up, their parents grow up. Mine grew up with me. We coexist. I dont try to change them anymore, and I dont think they try to change me. We agree to disagree. – Katy Perry

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We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn. – Peter Drucker

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I told you Im not going to criticize my successor. Ill just tell you that there are people at Gitmo that will kill American people at a drop of a hat and I dont believe that persuasion isnt going to work. Therapy isnt going to cause terrorists to change their mind. – George W. Bush

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