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Yet critics on the left find it incomprehensible that any black American could succeed on his or her own through hard work and determination.


Alphonso Jackson

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IAN JACKSON I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about...
PHIL JACKSON A lot of people who start work at a very young age never grow up because they never got that opportu...
JANET JACKSON I am more afraid of alcohol than of all the bullets of the enemy.
STONEWALL JACKSON New Zealand is not a small country but a large village.
PETER JACKSON When I say artist I mean the man who is building things - creating molding the earth - whether it be...
JACKSON POLLOCK I'm just like anyone. I cut and I bleed. And I embarass easily.
MICHAEL JACKSON Just be confident. I think confidence is the most attractive part of a person.
CURTIS JACKSON Some people are born with very little; some are fortunate enough to have it all. When I grew up, we ...
CURTIS JACKSON Now I see other kids and their parents, and I compare them to my dad. Our dad was a really normal fa...
PARIS JACKSON I want to have a normal high-school experience.
PARIS JACKSON I do have a regular childhood.
PARIS JACKSON A lot of people don't like me.
PARIS JACKSON I listen to older music like AC/DC.
PARIS JACKSON My dad was in the movie 'Moonwalker,' and I knew he could sing really well, but I didn't...
PARIS JACKSON I want to be my own person.
PARIS JACKSON I didn't get why I was wearing a mask. But I understand it now - why my dad would want our face ...
PARIS JACKSON I just don't think the title 'MJ's daughter' fits me.
PARIS JACKSON