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“When you want full color perception, you must give up preferring some colors and hating others, for you can only hate one aspect of a color, not a whole color, it seems, hate being blind, like 'love.”

Quote by William Tapley Bennett Jr.

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William Tapley Bennett Jr.

William Tapley Bennett Jr. was a prominent American diplomat, born on April 1, 1917, and passed away on November 29, 1994. He had a rich experience in the field of American diplomacy and held several important positions. more

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