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When we find someone who is brave, fun, intelligent, and loving, we have to thank the universe.

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When I want to think about what would be the right thing to do, the fair thing to do, the wise thing to do, I can just think of my grandmother. I can always hear her say, "Now sister, you know what's right. Just do right!"

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In a long meter hymn, a singer - they call it 'lays out a line.' And then the whole church joins in in repeating that line. And they form a wall of harmony so tight, you can't wedge a pin between it.

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Everybody is worth everything.

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We do the best we can with what we know, and when we know better, we do better.

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Courage allows the successful woman to fail - and to learn powerful lessons from the failure - so that in the end, she didn't fail at all.

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What I try to do is write. I may write for two weeks ‘the cat sat on the mat, that is that, not a rat,’.... And it might be just the most boring and awful stuff. But I try. When I’m writing, I write. And then it’s as if the muse is convinced that I’m serious and says, ‘Okay. Okay. I’ll come.

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Those who have something to say accept the fact that that's lonely. One already knows that there will be adversaries.

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You may be pretty or plain, heavy or thin, gay or straight, poor or rich. But remember this: In an election, every voice is equally powerful -- don't underestimate your vote. Voting is the great equalizer.

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There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.

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Some think, "If I marry this guy who's two inches taller than I am and who has a nice bank account, I won't die. If I buy six cars, I won't die. If I hate Jews, I won't die. If I hate homosexuals, I won't die." They think they will increase their life by shunting misery onto somebody else, but it's just the opposite.

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Poetry is music written for the human voice.

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Don't bring negative to my door.

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I know that you that you may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. If you accept that you have been defeated, you give power to the force that is trying to defeat you.

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If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.

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I sustain myself with the love of family.

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A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim.

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It's very hard for adults to maintain respect and romance so that a love affair can be sustained over years.

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Money and power can liberate only if they are used to do so. They can imprison and inhibit more finally than barred windows and iron chains.

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The Black female is assaulted in her tender years by all those common forces of nature at the same time she is caught in the tripartite crossfire of masculine prejudice, white illogical hate and Black lack of power.

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