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He believed a man should never be sober but never be drunk. And he believed in watching out for family, even if you had to stay sober for a few hours; it was that important.Allan Dare Pearce
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To the extent a man can control chaos, he should put his testicles on the line and do so, but when a man can't, he should just step aside, or someone in the lineup behind him is gonna bite his ass.Allan Dare Pearce
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My father believes with his entire soul that the meek shall inherit the earth. My children will inherit the earth but they will not be meek.Allan Dare Pearce
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Are we praying?" "If you have to ask, you probably aren't.Allan Dare Pearce
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You can't say asses in church unless you are speaking of donkeys.Allan Dare Pearce
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She placed her hands, one on each of his shoulders, stood on her toes and kissed him on the lips. He waited, enjoying the moment like none before.Allan Dare Pearce
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I am not a teacher in my heart, " she said. "I am a doer, and all these little shitheads in front of me are do-nothings. There is racism in the world and they acknowledge it, but they sit in class listening to bullshit professors. Give me a bricklayer with a racist attitude. It is just more honest.Allan Dare Pearce
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I am a teacher. I should be giving tests, not taking them.Allan Dare Pearce
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Slavery stands as an affront to human dignity.Allan Dare Pearce
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I am an educated black woman in a time when educated black people will be called upon to risk everything for the rights of black people everywhere.Allan Dare Pearce
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We are free, but we are not equal. We are free, but not as free as other people in this land are free.Allan Dare Pearce
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But, ladies and gentlemen, we will also be asked to make sacrifices in matters that are not our affair and that do not concern us, sacrifices that would leave our people bleeding or wounded, or even dead, from battle. There is no equality for us in this lifetime.Allan Dare Pearce
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Until the War, we claimed to be equal; simpletons, some say, but equal man to man.Allan Dare Pearce
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Because this is Upper Canada, after all, and 'caning' sounds more English than 'having ass whipped to death with hickory stick.Allan Dare Pearce
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Everyone loves a girl who can rise to a crisis.Allan Dare Pearce
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Criticism involves taking a position, Mr. Day. How long has it been since you took a considered position on anything important?Allan Dare Pearce
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Only one person can own any plate at a time. It belongs to the pitcher, or it belongs to the batter, Aiken, but not to both. You understand.Allan Dare Pearce
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Do a lot of questions mean you are really smart or really dumb?Allan Dare Pearce
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There is, you will concede, a limit to the niceties a man is obliged to fulfill when his wife is dead and not yet cold.Allan Dare Pearce
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When you reach voting age, we will take your opinion under consideration.Allan Dare Pearce
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I guess it's the curse of our generation, having to put aside our lives to do the right thing.Allan Dare Pearce