He who denies his own vanity usually possesses it in so brutal a form that he instinctively shuts … - Friedrich Nietzsche

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Where I grew up, people obviously knew my dad because it's a small place and he was the top player for Swinton - they'd go and watch him play, see him in the papers, so they knew he was black.

Friedrich Nietzsche

He who denies his own vanity usually possesses it in so brutal a form that he instinctively shuts his eyes to avoid the necessity of despising himself.

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