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Malcolm X quotes about life

American Activist May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965

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I learned early that crying out in protest could accomplish things. My older brothers and sister had started to school when, sometimes, they would come in and ask for a buttered biscuit or something and my mother, impatiently, would tell them no. But I would cry out and make a fuss until I got what I wanted. I remember well how my mother asked me why I couldn't be a nice boy like Wilfred; but I would think to myself that Wilfred, for being so nice and quiet, often stayed hungry. So early in... Malcolm X
I have often reflected upon the new vistas that reading has opened to me. I knew right there in prison that reading had changed forever the course of my life. As I see it today, the ability to read awoke inside me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive. Malcolm X
Malcolm X quote: "My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the..."
My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity. Malcolm X
Malcolm X quote: "People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by..."
People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book. Malcolm X
This was my first lesson about gambling: if you see somebody winning all the time, he isn't gambling, he's cheating. Later on in life, if I were continuously losing in any gambling situation, I would watch very closely. Malcolm X
Why am I as I am? To understand that of any person, his whole life, from. Birth must be reviewed. All of our experiences fuse into our personality. Everything that ever happened to us is an ingredient. Malcolm X
Malcolm X quote: "So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something,..."
So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise. Malcolm X

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