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![“I could turn around as Wyatt Walker said to me about, not you personally, but about the whole Black Muslim movement. That if you go outside of New York City, Dr. [Martin Luther] King is known to 90 percent of the Negroes in the United States and is respected and, and is identified more or less…” quote by Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4ea/malcolm-x-213_black_i-could-turn-around-as-wyatt-walker-said_2757862.jpg)
![“[H]e could see the island of Manhattan off to the left. The towers were jammed together so tightly, he could feel the mass and stupendous weight.Just think of the millions, from all over the globe, who yearned to be on that island, in those towers, in those narrow streets! There it was, the Rome…” quote by Tom Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/da9/tom-wolfe-2191_1980s_h-e-could-see-the-island-of-manhattan-of_2818713.jpg)
![“Wesley Crusher: Say goodbye, Data. Lt. Cmdr. Data: Goodbye, Data. [crew laughs] Lt. Cmdr. Data: Was that funny? Wesley Crusher: [laughs] Lt. Cmdr. Data: Accessing. Ah! Burns and Allen, Roxy Theater, New York City, 1932. It still works. [pauses] Lt. Cmdr. Data: Then there was the one about the girl…” quote by Star Trek The Next Generation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bb9/star-trek-the-next-generation_data_wesley-crusher-say-goodbye-data-lt-cmdr_1302883.jpg)
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