APLAC UNIT 2 QUOTES – Flashcards
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Jean de Crevecoeur-"Letters from an American Farmer"
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"Individuals of all races are melted into a new race of man, whose labors and posterity will one day cause great changes in the world"
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Jean de Crevecoeur-"Letters from an American Farmer"
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"Americans are the western pilgrims"
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Jean de Crevecoeur-"Letters from an American Farmer"
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"American who leaving behind him all his ancient..."
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Jean de Crevecoeur-"Letters from an American Farmer"
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point: Americans are diverse civilians who create a new man that holds all previous cultures assimilation of the USA
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Benjamin Franklin-"The Autobiography"
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"speckled axe"-get done what you can manage -use the virtue that you need (the edge of axe)
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Benjamin Franklin-"The Autobiography"
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does not want "art of virtue" to equal apostle because he wants to specify how to do it, then actually getting it done
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Benjamin Franklin-"The Autobiography"
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"vicious actions are not hurtful because they're forbidden, but forbidden because they are hurtful"
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Benjamin Franklin-"Poor Richard's Almanack"
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Aphorisms that explain substance in use of real-life inspirations
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Benjamin Franklin-"Poor Richard's Almanack"
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"If a man could live half his wished, he would double his troubles."
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Benjamin Franklin-"Poor Richard's Almanack"
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"There was never a good war or a bad peace"
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Patrick Henry-"Speech to the VA Convention"
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"give me liberty or give me death!"
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Patrick Henry-"Speech to the VA Convention"
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"No man thinks more highly than I..."
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Patrick Henry-"Speech to the VA Convention"
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"Different men often see the same subject in different lights...I shall speak forth my sentiments freely"
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Patrick Henry-"Speech to the VA Convention"
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"It is not natural to man to indulge in illusions of hope" -engage in struggle for liberty
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Patrick Henry-"Speech to the VA Convention"
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"God presides who will raise up to fight battle"
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Patrick Henry-"Speech to the VA Convention"
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"When shall we be stronger?...hugging phantom of hope?"
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Patrick Henry-"Speech to the VA Convention"
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"Purchased at the price of chains"-slavery, sacrifice -"trust it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss"
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Thomas Paine-"American Crisis #1"
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"heart that feels now is dead...blood of his children will curse his cowardice...back when a little might have saved the whole, made them happy"
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Thomas Paine-"American Crisis #1"
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"love a man that can smile in trouble, strength, and distress"
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Thomas Paine-"American Crisis #1"
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"it is the madness of folly...the cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf"
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Thomas Paine-"American Crisis #1"
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syllogism: arms to Indians, back countries, give up arms=Howe's arms
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Thomas Paine-"American Crisis #1"
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"mutual fear is the principle link in the chair of mutual love woe bet that state that breaks compact"
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Thomas Paine-"American Crisis #1"
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"I see no real cause in fear"
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Thomas Paine-"American Crisis #1"
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"These are the times that try men's souls...the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot..."-analogy
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Thomas Paine-"American Crisis #1"
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"what we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly...it is dearness only that gives value"
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Thomas Paine-"American Crisis #1"
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"every tory is a coward...for self-interested fear;and a man under such influence can never be brave"
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Thomas Paine-"American Crisis #1"
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"panics in some cases...produce as much good as hurt" -"sincerity/hypocrisy brings light to men"
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Thomas Paine-"American Crisis #1"
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"At Fort Lee"-personal anecdote (wisdom)
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Thomas Paine-"American Crisis #1"
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"voltaire has remarked...there is a natured firmness in some minds which cannot be unlocked by trifles..."
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Thomas Paine-"American Crisis #1"
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"flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire"
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Thomas Paine-"American Crisis #1"
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"folly to argue against determined hardness; eloquence may struck the ear,lang, of sorrow draw forth tear of comp." -pat. vs. loyals
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Thoreau-"Civil Disobedience"
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"It has not the vitality and force of a single living man; for a single man can bend it to his will. It is a sort of wooden gun to the people themselves"
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Thoreau-"Civil Disobedience"
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repetition of it to describe the government
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Thoreau-"Civil Disobedience"
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"I think that we should be men first, and subject afterward"
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Thoreau-"Civil Disobedience"
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you cannot let government effect moral standards, should act based on morals
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Thoreau-"Civil Disobedience"
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grievances:slavery/invasion of mexico counterargument w/Paley: gov cannot be resisted/changed as long as society requires it
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Thoreau-"Civil Disobedience"
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-injustice only exists b/c majority votes for it -new majority will emerge for injustice to change
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Thoreau-"Civil Disobedience"
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"after the first blush of sing comes its indifference; and from immoral it becomes, as it were, unmoral, and not quite unnecessary to that life which we have made"
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Thoreau-"Civil Disobedience"
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-democratic majority of one will not go against the gov, moral majority of one will speak his mind -democratic majority is considered right by society even if it is not moral
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Thoreau-"Civil Disobedience"
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-"one HONEST man" -"For it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be: what is once well done is done forever"
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Thoreau-"Civil Disobedience"
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"Absolutely speaking, the more money, the less virtue; for money comes between man and his objects, and obtains them for him; and it was certainly no great virtue to obtain it"
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Thoreau-"Civil Disobedience"
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attacks the Constitution, Bible, and Daniel Webster
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Thoreau-"Civil Disobedience"
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"There will never be a really free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual and a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived, and treats him accordingly"
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Gandhi-"On nonviolent Resistance"
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satyagraha-noncooperation:no violence
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Gandhi-"On nonviolent Resistance"
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"no clapping is possible without two hands to do it, and no quarrel without two persons to make it"
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Gandhi-"On nonviolent Resistance"
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"He has to be prepared to die suffering all the pain"
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Gandhi-"On nonviolent Resistance"
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"pride makes a victorious nation bad-tempered...no country has/will become happy through war victory"
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Gandhi-"On nonviolent Resistance"
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"so long as it's your endeavor to control us with justice/love we will let you to do so...wish to strike from behind without asking...we will never obey them"
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Gandhi-"On nonviolent Resistance"
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"Award us for what punishment you like. send us to prison and we will live in paradise...we will calmly endure all and not hurt a hair of your body"
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Martin Luther King Jr.-"Letter from Birmingham City Jail"
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"How can you advocate breaking some laws and obeying others?'
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Martin Luther King Jr.-"Letter from Birmingham City Jail"
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"a just law is a man-made code that squares with God's moral law"
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Martin Luther King Jr.-"Letter from Birmingham City Jail"
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"an unjust law is a code out of harmony with moral law...inflicted upon a minority"
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Martin Luther King Jr.-"Letter from Birmingham City Jail"
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"break an unjust law openly, lovingly, accept the penalty, and promote public awareness"
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Arthur Miller-"Shooting of Robert Kennedy"
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pathos:"we must begin to feel the shame/contrition we have earned before we can begin to sensibly construct a peaceful society"
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Arthur Miller-"Shooting of Robert Kennedy"
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logos: "we are afraid of the Negro, of the poor, of other countries, of ourselves" "it is murderous to tell a man/a woman..." "Let us take/devote, feel..." "The pursuit of happiness is impossible for many Americans"
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Arthur Miller-"Shooting of Robert Kennedy"
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call to action: "either we begin to construct a civilization...or the predator will devour us"
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Arthur Miller-"Shooting of Robert Kennedy"
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ethos: associative credibility by stating Malcom x and MLK quotes "sad infinity of lynched men, men beaten to death in police cells, Indians..." "a country where people cannot walk safely has not earned the right to tell how to govern itself, let alone bomb/burn that people"
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Elie Wiesel-"The American I love"
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ethos: Bunchenwald concentration camp-personal wisdom
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Elie Wiesel-"The American I love"
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logos: "...they walked around the place, hell on earth...we were empty of all hope-too weak..."
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Elie Wiesel-"The American I love"
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pathos: "like lost children, the American soldiers wept with rage and sadness"
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Elie Wiesel-"The American I love"
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ethos: "shame...racism was the law" "racists are still around, but organized does not" "Cabin/Abel-takes vision and courage to undergo serious soul searching.favor moral conscience over political expediency"
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Elie Wiesel-"The American I love"
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"hope is the key word for men/women life myself..."
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Elie Wiesel-"The American I love"
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"in american, compassion for the refugee and respect for the other sill have biblical connotations"
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"I black. You, me: same"
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Sonny
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"I wasn't trying to be a hero. I just seen what was happening and I reacted"
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Da Mayor
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"Time out. You all take a chill"
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Senor Love Daddy
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"You do what you gotta do"
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Sal
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"...I dont even call it violence when its self-defense. I cll it intelligence"
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Malcom X
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"If I love you, I love you; but if I hate you..."
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Radio Raheem
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"And that the double truth, Ruth"
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Senor Love Daddy
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"One day youre gonna be nice to me. We may both be dead and gone, but you gonna be nice, at least civil"
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Da Mayor
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"How come we aint go no brothers on the wall?"
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Buggin out
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"I respect those who respect themselves"
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Ahmad
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"free? theres no free here"
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Sal
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"violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral...a descending spiral ending in destruction for all..."
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MLK
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"burn it down! burn it down!"
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mother sister
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"This is Malcom X, and this is Martin Luther King. Now, theyre dead, but we still need to fight against apart---hate"
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Smiley
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"wake up!"
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Senor Love Daddy
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"who told you you could buy a brownstone in my neighborhood?'
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Buggin out
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"Gotta get paid"
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Mookie
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"mother sister always watches"
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mother sister
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"Look Buggin' Out, Im down for something positive in the community. You down for that?'
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Mookie
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"Pino, deep down inside, dont you wish you were black"
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Mookie
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"why do you go so much anger in you?"
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Sal
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"HATE!"
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Mookie
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"Ella. Got a brain, right? Use it!"
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Ahmad
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"hold your tongue. you dont have that much love"
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mother sister
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"doctor, always do the right thing"
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Da Mayor
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"As i understand it, this is a free country. A man can live where ever he wants to"
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Clifton
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"leave the Korean alone; hes all right'
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Sweet Dick Willie
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"Im gonna make you something special"
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Sal
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"I detest this place like a sickness"
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Pino
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"Im gonna kill somebody today"
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Sal
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"no no no no no no..."
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mother sister
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"its got to be because we are black"
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coconut sid
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"those thatll tell, dont know; and those that know, wont tell"
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Da Mayor
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"Sals famous pizzeria is here to stay"
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Sal
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"mookie, do you love me?"
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