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> [Sometimes it seems as if I have spent the first half of my life refusing to let white people define me and the second half refusing to let black people define me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/sometimes-it-seems-as-if-i-have-spent-the-first-half-of-my-life/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [I'd spent half of my life crying, the other half refusing to cry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-claude-izzo/i-d-spent-half-of-my-life-crying-the-other-half-refusing-to-cry/)

[Jean-Claude Izzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-claude-izzo/)

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