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Iceberg Slim, whose real name was Robert Bruce Hall, was an American author known for his novels about street life. His works deeply depicted the reality of the American gang culture in the 20th century, which had a profound impact on later writers and films. more

“I want to say at the outset that I have become ill, insane, as an inmate of the torture chamber behind America's fake facade of justice and democracy. But I am not as ill as I was, and I am getting better all the time. And also, I want to make clear that my reason for starting these notes at a point of personal anguish and suffering is that these experiences marked the end of a corrupt pimp life and were the prelude to a still mauled, but constructive new life.”

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Book:The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim

Source: The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim

“A strong, single lady can die of thirst, of hunger, of illness, from injuries, if she's too hot or too cold. People need people. And I need more people than most people. Maybe that's just being a hoe bag, but a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”

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Book:Use Passive Restraint, Bitch

Source: Use Passive Restraint, Bitch

“When you justify (show or prove that your wrong actions are right or reasonable), you magnify the negative.”

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Author:Meir Ezra

“...While grace does do away with the need for good works, it’s grace which also makes good works truly possible. If good works don’t play into your salvation, then doing them is a sheer act of love, both for those they benefit and to God. It’s a way of solving the conundrum of how can a good work be truly good if the doer of the work expects to benefit from it in any way." -David Clark”