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"I, with millions of other Americans, have the same dream Martin Luther King Jr. had; when I wake up I wish some of the things I dreamt would be true. I wish that little black and white boys and girls would hold hands without being shocked at their nearness to each other and say in a natural way, "we have overcome."
"Anger is like fire. It burns all clean."
"Whining is not only graceless, but it can be dangerous. It can alert a brute that a victim is in the neighborhood."
"It's in the click of my heels, The bend of my hair, the palm of my hand, The need of my care, 'Cause I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That's me."
"Success is loving life and daring to live it."
"If I could give you one thought, it would be to lift someone up. Lift a stranger up--lift her up. I would ask you, mother and father, brother and sister, lovers, mother and daughter, father and son, lift someone. The very idea of lifting someone up will lift you, as well."
"Live life as if it were created just for you."
"Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution."
"I'm convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they're stones that don't matter. As long as you're breathing, it's never too late to do some good."
"Love is a condition so powerful; it may be that which pulls the stars in the firmament. It may be that which pushes and urges the blood in the veins. Courage: you have to have courage to love somebody because you risk everything-ever ything."
"Find a beautiful piece of art. If you fall in love with Van Gogh or Matisse or John Oliver Killens, or if you fall love with the music of Coltrane, the music of Aretha Franklin, or the music of Chopin - find some beautiful art and admire it, and realize that that was created by human beings just like you, no more human, no less."
"The plague of racism is insidious, entering into our minds as smoothly and quietly and invisibly as floating airborne microbes enter into our bodies to find lifelong purchase in our bloodstreams."
"The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear."
"This is what I am learning, at 82 years old: the main thing is to be in love with the search for truth."
"Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives. The struggle for equality continues unabated, and the woman warrior who is armed with wit and courage will be among the first to celebrate victory."
"Love is many things. It is varied. One thing love is not, is unsure."
"Freedom is never free."
"Life loves the liver of it. You must live and life will be good to you."
"A mother's love liberates."
"One must know not just how to accept a gift, but with what grace to share it."