Connections Quote by Clint Smith

“This idea of shared humanity and the connections that we make with one another - that's what, in fact, makes life worth living.”

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If you carry a gun, people will call you paranoid. That's ridiculous. If I have a gun, what in the hell do I have…

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Systemic racism always takes a toll, whether it be by bullet or by blood clot.

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One does not read a poem by Gwendolyn Brooks with hopes that it will grant him a career in engineering; he does so because…

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Education is a human right - a recognition of dignity that each person should be afforded.

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