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" Childhood is Last Chance Gulch for happiness. After that, you know too much. "

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" All I demand for the black man is, that the white people shall take their heels off his neck, and let him have a chance to rise by his own efforts. "

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" I was a guy who showed up for work and took the chance for finding out whether I could do it or not... I'd like to think I made my success not at the expense of anyone. Success was accidental. "

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" People with Down syndrome can do anything. They just do it at their own pace. Give them a chance, and you will be rewarded beyond your greatest expectations. "

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" So, I was just a young guy, maybe with an idea, and Cecil Taylor, himself a rebel, would take a chance on a guy like me. It turned out to be a very symbiotic partnership. I learned a lot from him. "

" The whole life of an American is passed like a game of chance, a revolutionary crisis, or a battle. "

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