"It takes a deep commitment to change and an even deeper commitment to grow."
"That which we remember is, more often than not, that which we would like to have been; or that which we hope to be. Thus our memory and our identity are ever at odds; our history ever a tale told by inattentive idealists."
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Source: Ralph Ellison (2011). “The Collected Essays of Ralph Ellison: Revised and Updated”, p.237, Modern Library
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