William FaulknerI'd have wasted a lot of time and trouble before I learned that the best way to take all people, black or white, is to take them for what they think they are, then leave them alone.
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Robert A. Heinlein once said, “I’d have wasted a lot of time and trouble before I learned that the best way to take all people, black or white, is to take them for what they think they are, then leave them alone.” This quote certainly is meant to bring up the fact that you’re not going to get anywhere by trying to change someone else. They’re not going to like the fact that they were treated unfairly; it’s not their fault that they were mistreated. Instead of wasting time trying to fix what you can’t change, why not try to make lemonade out of lemons?
Source: The Sound And The Fury
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