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“I think the most harmful belief passed on to me - not always directly - was the belief that whatever I did as a Negro, however much we Negroes achieved, despite the presence of some enlightened whites, white society as a whole enjoyed being racists in the secret core of their being and would never, ever give that up.”
Source : Source: www.elle.com
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“She is still less civilized than man, largely because she has not been educated.”
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“Believe in the power of prayer - it is real, it is wonderful, it is tremendous.”
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“It's my job, to create a fantasy.”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com. 
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“Shiny musical instruments wailed, their mouths open like lilies.”
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“That was when I found out that the best way in the world to make yourself feel better when you have hit bottom is to try to get somebody else to feel better. There are certain things in life that are truly worth knowing, and that is one of the big ones.”
Source : Samantha Shannon (2013). “The Bone Season”, p.256, A&C Black
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“I love everything. I don't see myself doing a really serious drama in the next five to ten years. I don't feel mature enough for that yet. But I'd like to make a pure action movie one day or maybe I can do a comedy again. I do like everything. But I don't feel ready for a musical or something like that. That's not my thing yet.”
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“The plan is that there would be three seasons [in Taboo], and, as with Peaky Blinders, I have had a destination in mind from the beginning, because I think it helps as a writer. The destination in mind is that James Keziah Delaney sets foot on Nootka Sound. But that's a long way off.”
