Carolina QuotesIf I could offer one piece of advice to young people thinking about their future, it would be this: Don't preconceive. Find out what the opportunities are.
Thomas Sowell Carolinian
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- Barbarians inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays (1999)
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- 1999
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