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America Quote by Raoul Peck

“We ignore our own history. We ignore all these values and valuable people who really changed everything, who sacrificed their own lives for a better America.” quote by Raoul Peck — Download Open image

“We ignore our own history. We ignore all these values and valuable people who really changed everything, who sacrificed their own lives for a better America.”

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You face the reality, whether it's hopeful or hopeless. What's your alternative? To lie down and die?

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Just try to be yourself and resist complacency and ignorance. All you can do is work, work; work and be disciplined.

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