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Quote by Ralph Ellison
The understanding of art depends finally upon ones willingness to

The understanding of art depends finally upon ones willingness to extend ones humanity and ones knowledge of human life. – Ralph Ellison

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There must be possible a fiction which, leaving sociology and case histories to the scientists, can arrive at the truth about the human condition, here and now, with all the bright magic of the fairy tale. – Ralph Ellison

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Fairy Tales
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I am an invisible man…. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids – and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. – Ralph Ellison

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Black History
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Ralph Ellison
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Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values. – Ralph Ellison

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relationship
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Knowledge
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Knowledge is power. – Francis Bacon

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Knowledge

If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society, then Mythology has no claim to the appellation. – Thomas Bulfinch

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Knowledge

A fact must be assimilated with, or discriminated fromm, some other fact or facts, in order to be raised to the dignity of a truth, and made to convey the least knowledge to the mind. – Henry Mayhew

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Knowledge

Through the mythology of Einstein, the world blissfully regained the image of knowledge reduced to a formula. – Roland Barthes

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Knowledge

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Sometimes you can forget about who you are in a relationship. But you can also be inspired by the person you are with to become something you always knew you wanted to become. – Mia Maestro

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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts… perhaps the fear of a loss of power. – John Steinbeck

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I learnt a whole lot from my mother. About music, relationships, being a good person, loving people, the whole of life. I learnt about everything from her. Every single day I think about her. All through the day. – R. Kelly

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As an elder of the Americas and of the rest of the planet, it is my responsibility to care for and protect, to the best of my ability, the young. – Alice Walker

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