Today's multiracial Americans are at greater liberty to choose how they'd like to be seen, and under less pressure to pass for white.

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Music is an art that expresses the inexpressible. It rises far above what words can mean or the intelligence define. Its domain is the imponderable and impalpable land of the unconscious.

Charles Munch

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The thing I always demand is respect. I respect everybody and have a history in the sport, and I believe people need to respect me.

Anderson Silva

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thing , always , demand

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Tourists are terrorists with cameras. Terrorists are tourists with guns.

Anonymous

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tourists , terrorists

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I feel defensive about my character because I really love Andrea, and we share the same heart.

Laurie Holden

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feel , defensive , character

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I like to tell young people to work hard for your goals and live in the moment.

Nadia Comaneci

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like , tell , young

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A good historian is timeless although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect.

Francois Fenelon

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respect

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We will have to continue to improve our human intelligence system-something that was, unfortunately, lacking in the years which led up to September 11. This is going to be a continuing process of change.

John Sununu

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intelligence

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A born poet knows in his cradle that a poetic life is the only life worth living.

James Broughton

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born , poet , knows

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I think I have underperformed as a filmmaker.

Rajiv Menon

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think

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I think I'm a pretty good listener.

Ludwig Goransson

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think , pretty , good

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There's no way to know that if you're sitting in your living room in ohio and watching the national news.

Jessica Gauthier

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way , know , sitting , your , living

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The beautiful spring came and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.

Harriet Ann Jacobs

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nature

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I need sex for a clear complexion, but I'd rather do it for love.

Joan Crawford

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need , sex , clear , rather

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I think they're nervous about what trump is going to say about nato, about brexit. I think they're very nervous indeed.

Nigel Farage

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think , nervous , trump , going

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Immigration is a gateway basically. It's a check-off point for Latino voters.

Jeb Bush

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immigration , gateway , point

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"Darth vader" is derived from old dutch, meaning "Dark father"

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vader , derived , old

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"Drawing is based upon perspective, which is nothing else than a thorough knowledge of the function of the eye."

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based , which , nothing

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"Eating crow" is an old expression defined by the Urban Dictionary to mean "When you make a mistake and are forced to acknowledge it humbly".

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Proverbs

"Fie upon thee, how black thou art!" said the kettle to the saucepan.

Danish Proverb

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how , black , thou , said , kettle

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"Finger Lickin' Good" had a bit of a mishap when translated to Chinese for their first KFC outlets in the country, the famous phrase became "Eat your fingers off"

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good , had , bit

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"Finger Lickin' Good" had a bit of a mishap when translated to Chinese for their first outlets in the country, the famous phrase became "eat your fingers off".

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"For example" is not proof.

Yiddish Proverb

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"For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned to talk and we learned to listen."

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millions , mankind , lived

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"Force me, and I shall commit no sin," said the girl.

German Proverb

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shall , commit , said

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"Fox tossing" was once a popular sport.

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tossing , once , popular

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"Geometry has two great treasures; one is the Theorem of Pythagoras; the other, the division of a line into extreme and mean ratio. The first we may compare to a measure of gold; the second we may name a precious jewel."

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two , great , theorem

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"Give me a push from my back" does not mean give me a hunchback.

Nigerian Proverb

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me , push , does , mean , give

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"Go," is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

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"Good culture is born of a good disposition; and since the cause is more to be praised than the effect, I will rather praise a good disposition without culture, than good culture without the disposition."

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culture , born , good

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"Great cry and little wool," said the fool, when he sheared a pig.

German Proverb

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cry , little , said , he

Today's multiracial Americans are at greater liberty to choose how they'd like to be seen, and under less pressure to pass for white.

– Eric Liu –

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