"When you are the first of anything, there is a bigger responsibility put on you."

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Source : "CNN's Don Lemon: 'You Weigh How Much You Should Criticize The President Because He's Black'" by Ian Schwartz, www.realclearpolitics.com. February 27, 2014.

Don Lemon

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“Fences and borders are a sign of weakness.”

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“There is noting truly valuable which can be purchased without pains and labor. The gods have set a price upon every real and noble pleasure.”
“The spirit of my films... I always want them to be kind of contrarian. Meticulous on the one hand, but unbelievably sloppy and careless on the other. I guess that's what you get anyway, if you're not planning very much.”

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“Really, each era has its own false nostalgia. We all put a picket fence up around something. For my generation it was the '50s, and for other generations it will be something else. Change is scary for everyone, as is complexity, contradiction, and an uncertain future.”

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“The central message of the Bible is about God redeeming a humanity that is in trouble and suffering.”

Source : "Where is God?: Finding His Presence, Purpose, and Power in Difficult Times". Book by John Townsend, 2009.
“Sacrifice is a state of mind in which our thoughts turn with longing [toward Heaven, the Ancestors], It is the supreme expression of loyalty, love, and respect.”
“I learned that people are much more game to mock their own personas than you would think.”
“He that is more frequent in his pulpit to his people than he is in his closet for his people, is but a sorry watchman.”

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