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I Feel Very Lucky To Have Grown Up Having Interaction With Adults Who Were Making Change But Who Were Far From Perfect Beings. That Feeling Of Not Being Paralyzed By Your Incredible Inadequacy As A Human Being, Which I Feel Every Day, Is A Part Of The Legacy That I've Gotten From So Many Of The Adult Elders.

I'd Like To Transform The System In Very Fundamental Ways, But You've Got To Do That In Every Way That You Can. You Can't Wait For Some Magic Bullet Or Some Magic Politician Or Some Magic Anything To Have That Happen. You Got To Get Out There And Use Your Vote.

People Who Don't Vote Have No Line Of Credit With People Who Are Elected And Thus Pose No Threat To Those Who Act Against Our Interests.

I've Always Hated Being Hemmed In Or Seeing Anybody Being Hemmed In. Even When I Was The Smallest Child, I Couldn't Bear Being Told I Couldn't Drink At A So-called White Drinking Fountain.

I Worry About The Kids Who Have Too Much. As A Parent Living In A So-called Good Neighborhood With Children Who Went To Private High School, I Found Myself Spending Much Time In Parent Groups Worrying About Alcohol, Unsupervised Parties, And Parents Not Being Parents. We've Got To Send Messages To Our Kids About What Is Important.