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" Though I do manage to mumble around in about seven or eight languages, English remains the most beautiful of languages. It will do anything. "

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" Living in a state of terror was new to many white people in America, but black people have been living in a state of terror in this country for more than 400 years. "

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" It's so tedious writing cookbooks or writing the recipes because I've never been much of a measurer. But to write a book, you have to measure everything. "

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" I'm considered wise, and sometimes I see myself as knowing. Most of the time, I see myself as wanting to know. And I see myself as a very interested person. I've never been bored in my life. "

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