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Deficiency Quote by Malcolm X

“I'm trying to get at this. That is, a man may know that he belongs to, say, a group - this group or that group - but he feels himself lost within that group, trapped within his own deficiencies and without personal purpose.” quote by Malcolm X — Download Open image

“I'm trying to get at this. That is, a man may know that he belongs to, say, a group - this group or that group - but he feels himself lost within that group, trapped within his own deficiencies and without personal purpose.”

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Deficiency Feels Groups Knows Lost May Men Purpose Trapped Trying

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