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Walter Mosley Quote: “One thing I had learned in high school was that in sports you always had to move in a direction that your opponent did not expect. From Ping-Pong to prizefighting, the man with the unexpected moves was the player most likely to win.”

101. “One thing I had learned in high school was that in sports you always had to move in a direction that your opponent did not expect. From Ping-Pong to prizefighting, the man with the unexpected moves was the player most likely to win.”

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Walter Mosley Quote: “And one day it hit me – the perfection imagined by socialist theory was impossible for human beings to attain. The philosophy was right but we were poor vessels for it.”

102. “And one day it hit me – the perfection imagined by socialist theory was impossible for human beings to attain. The philosophy was right but we were poor vessels for it.”

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Walter Mosley Quote: “Of course, I always knew that there was no real difference between the races, but still, it was nice to see an example of that equality.”

103. “Of course, I always knew that there was no real difference between the races, but still, it was nice to see an example of that equality.”

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Walter Mosley Quote: “When I was a kid,” I said, “I thought that if I worried about every way I could possibly die, then none of them would happen and I’d live forever.”

104. “When I was a kid,” I said, “I thought that if I worried about every way I could possibly die, then none of them would happen and I’d live forever.”

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Walter Mosley Quote: “He made me question what was, when for a whole lifetime up till that moment, I accepted the world’s excuses.”

105. “He made me question what was, when for a whole lifetime up till that moment, I accepted the world’s excuses.”

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Walter Mosley Quote: “The first thing a black man and a poor man learns is that trouble is all he’s got so that’s what he has to work with.”

106. “The first thing a black man and a poor man learns is that trouble is all he’s got so that’s what he has to work with.”

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Walter Mosley Quote: “Yeah. If you’ve never been knocked down, then you’ve never been in a fight.”

107. “Yeah. If you’ve never been knocked down, then you’ve never been in a fight.”

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Walter Mosley Quote: “Her experience in life was limited and so she fought battles in an imaginary arena.”

108. “Her experience in life was limited and so she fought battles in an imaginary arena.”

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Walter Mosley Quote: “The great man say that life is pain,” Coydog had said over eighty-five years before. “That mean if you love life, then you love the hurt come along wit’ it. Now, if that ain’t the blues, I don’t know what is.”

109. “The great man say that life is pain,” Coydog had said over eighty-five years before. “That mean if you love life, then you love the hurt come along wit’ it. Now, if that ain’t the blues, I don’t know what is.”

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Walter Mosley Quote: “You know, the undersized genius had said, ain’t no way in the world that black folks could’a done enough bad to call all them centuries’a pain down on our heads.”

110. “You know, the undersized genius had said, ain’t no way in the world that black folks could’a done enough bad to call all them centuries’a pain down on our heads.”

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Walter Mosley Quote: “No, no, no, no, no. Not at all. People take jobs they don’t want, stay in marriages they hate, pay taxes for things they don’t wanna do, and live among people they don’t like. They love their enemies and hate their friends, break their promises and forget about bein’ happy altogether.”

111. “No, no, no, no, no. Not at all. People take jobs they don’t want, stay in marriages they hate, pay taxes for things they don’t wanna do, and live among people they don’t like. They love their enemies and hate their friends, break their promises and forget about bein’ happy altogether.”

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Walter Mosley Quote: “Why did you need to see my ID?” “This is an exclusive service, Mr. Orlean,” she said with no chink of humanity in her face. “And we like to know exactly who it is we’re dealing with.” “Oh,” I said. “So it wasn’t because of my clothes or my race?” “The lower races come in all colors, Mr. Orlean. And none of them get back here.”

112. “Why did you need to see my ID?” “This is an exclusive service, Mr. Orlean,” she said with no chink of humanity in her face. “And we like to know exactly who it is we’re dealing with.” “Oh,” I said. “So it wasn’t because of my clothes or my race?” “The lower races come in all colors, Mr. Orlean. And none of them get back here.”

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Walter Mosley Quote: “Making friends has always been hard for me.”

113. “Making friends has always been hard for me.”

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Walter Mosley Quote: “Like most drunks he thought that if he took longer to think he’d come up with the thoughts of a sober man.”

114. “Like most drunks he thought that if he took longer to think he’d come up with the thoughts of a sober man.”

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Walter Mosley Quote: “Men are weak, Mr. Rawlins. They’re strong of arm but frail in their hearts. They need forgiveness more than women do.”

115. “Men are weak, Mr. Rawlins. They’re strong of arm but frail in their hearts. They need forgiveness more than women do.”

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Walter Mosley Quote: “But I wasn’t there to treat the incurable ills of megalomania.”

116. “But I wasn’t there to treat the incurable ills of megalomania.”

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