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/ page 31 of 1205 /My life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself.
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The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance.
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The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.
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All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.
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Nature has no mercy at all. Nature says, "I'm going to snow. If you have on a bikini and no snowshoes, that's tough. I am going to snow anyway."
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Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
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I answer the heroic question "Death, where is they sting?" with "It is here in my heart and mind and memories."
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While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation.
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We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.
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There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.
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Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: ''I'm with you kid. Let's go.''
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I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.
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If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.
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If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.
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My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.
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My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.
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If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform a million realities.
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All great achievements require time.
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Education helps one case cease being intimidated by strange situations.
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