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When I went into the seminary, I was one of those victims of New Math and had not had Algebra I and had no idea what we were doing in New Math in the ninth grade. But when I went into the seminary, they had gone the traditional route and taught first-year algebra.

~Clarence Thomas

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It's fascinating that people, there's so many people now who will make judgments based on what you look like. I'm black. So I'm supposed to think a certain way. I'm supposed to have certain opinions. I don't do that. You don't create a box and put people in and then make a lot of generalizations about them.

~Clarence Thomas

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I went into the seminary when I was 16.

~Clarence Thomas

Topics: Seminary

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I was never a liberal. I was radical. I was cynical. I was negative. But, I was never a liberal. I always saw that as too lukewarm for me.

~Clarence Thomas

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I hear people say it affected your self-esteem to be segregated. It never affected mine.

~Clarence Thomas

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My grandfather, as I said, was industrious. He'd had a variety of jobs and decided sometime in the 1940s that he would never work for anyone. He was also a very independent man.

~Clarence Thomas

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It would seem that some black people want to say that when you, as a black, become successful, you cease to be black. That's ridiculous.

~Clarence Thomas

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My grandparents had died in 1983, and suddenly my brother is out jogging before Mass, and he dies.

~Clarence Thomas

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I've probably given more speeches, been on TV more than any other member of the Court - or almost any other member of the Court.

~Clarence Thomas

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There are so many people who have this idea of who I am because I'm black.

~Clarence Thomas

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Judge

Born: June 23rd, 1948

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