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People who own property feel a sense of ownership in their future

People who own property feel a sense of ownership in their future and their society. They study, save, work, strive and vote. And people trapped in a culture of tenancy do not. – Henry Louis Gates

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I loved the house the way you would any new house, because it is populated by your future, the family of children who will fill it with noise or chaos and satisfying busy pleasures. – Jane Smiley

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The public made me and then encouraged me for many years, and my future even now depends upon it. – Placido Domingo

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