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Quote by Jean Genet
Worse than not realizing the dreams of your youth, would be to hav

Worse than not realizing the dreams of your youth, would be to have been young and never dreamed at all. – Jean Genet

Other quotes by Jean Genet

What I did not yet know so intensely was the hatred of the white American for the black, a hatred so deep that I wonder if every white man in this country, when he plants a tree, doesnt see Negroes hanging from its branches. – Jean Genet

Category:
Racism
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Jean Genet
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I recognize in thieves, traitors and murderers, in the ruthless and the cunning, a deep beauty – a sunken beauty. – Jean Genet

Category:
Beauty
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Jean Genet
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We know that their adventures are childish. They themselves are fools. They are ready to kill or be killed over a card-game in which an opponent — or they themselves — was cheating. Yet, thanks to such fellows, tragedies are possible. – Jean Genet

Category:
Delinquency
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Jean Genet
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Let sleep itself be an exercise in piety, for such as our life and conduct have been, so also of necessity will be our dreams. – St. Basil

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My heroes, my dreams, and my future lay in Yankee Stadium. And they cant take that away from me. – Derek Jeter

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Dreams

I tell people Im too stupid to know whats impossible. I have ridiculously large dreams, and half the time they come true. – Debi Thomas

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Dreams

Dont let your dreams be dreams. – Jack Johnson

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Waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality, nothing will do, and with them everything. – Benjamin Franklin

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