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C. S. Lewis Writer, Scholar
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"The rule of the universe is that others can do for us what we cannot do for ourselves, and one can paddle every canoe except one's own."

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Elie Wiesel Writer, Holocaust Survivor
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"Simply because, one hand, there are the haters, The hater has power. All we can do is oppose it, or one becomes an accomplice."

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Bryan Stevenson Lawyer, Author
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"I say this thing about how I've never had to say my head is bloodied but not bowed, like everybody who came before me had to say. And that tells me that I can do a lot more than I think I can."

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Alice Walker Novelist, Poet
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"I don't require myself or anyone to go beyond what they feel they can do. I just do suggest - for their own eventual happiness - that they go as far as they can. They can usually go much further than they think."

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