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Lauryn Hill Singer, Songwriter
May

"Let me be patient, let me be kind, make me unselfish, without being blind, though I may suffer, I'll envy it not and endure what comes cause he is all that I got"

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James J. Hill Businessman, Railroad Executive
May

"If you want to know whether you are destined to be a success or a failure in life, you can easily find out. The test is simple and it is infallible: Are you able to save money? If not, drop out. You will lose. You may think not, but you will lose as sure as you live. The seed of success is not in you."

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Leader
May

"I may not be the man I want to be; I may not be the man I ought to be; I may not be the man I could be; I may not be the man I truly can be; but praise God, I'm not the man I once was"

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Teresa of Avila Saint, Mystic, Writer
May

"Untilled soil, however fertile it may be, will bear thistles and thorns; so it is with man's mind."

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Thaddeus Stevens Politician
May

"There can be no fanatics in the cause of genuine liberty. Fanaticism is excessive zeal. There may be, and have been fanatics in false religion; in the bloody religions of the heathen."

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Malcolm X Civil Rights Activist, Minister
May

"A new world order is in the making, and it is up to us to prepare ourselves that we may take our rightful place in it."

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Queen Rania of Jordan Queen consort, Philanthropist
May

"Whatever title or office we may be privileged to hold, it is what we do that defines who we are ... Each of us must decide what kind of person we want to be-what kind of legacy that we want to pass on."

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Adam Smith Philosopher, Economist
May

"Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer."

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