James McBride - If you meet your heroes, you'r...

If you meet your heroes, you're always going to be disappointed. Frederick Douglass was a great man, but would I want my daughter to marry him? Probably not. That doesn't mean that I don't think he's a great man.

James McBride

American Writer

Born: Sep 11, 1957

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