"It has been my observation that parents kill more dreams than anybody."
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"My grandmother lived to be 100 years old. Her grandmother was a slave, yet she was a college graduate in the Spellman class of 1917. She taught art for 50 years and she saved her Social Security checks for her children's education.“
-Spike Lee
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