"A woman who is convinced that she deserves to accept only the best challenges herself to give the best. Then she is living phenomenally."
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"The love of the family, the love of one person can heal. It heals the scars left by a larger society. A massive, powerful society."
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"I think that each of us is so much alike, and yet at the same time we are so different, and I have a feeling that if you encountered difficulty, and I with my age encountered the same difficulty, I would respond one way, and you would respond another. Neither would be right or wrong. It's just that each of us is courageous, and that's what I encourage, courage, and the courage to see, and the courage to say to oneself what one has seen. Don't be in denial."
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"I always felt, if I can get to a library, I'll be OK."
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"When I try to describe myself to God I say, 'Lord, remember me? Black? Female? Six-foot tall? The writer?' And I almost always get God's attention."
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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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"You may not get what you paid for, but you will pay for what you get."
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"When women take care of their health they become their own best friend."
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"No human being can be more human than another human being. I liberate you from my ignorance."
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"I have great respect for the past. If you don't know where you've come from, you don't know where you're going. I have respect for the past, but I'm a person of the moment. I'm here, and I do my best to be completely centered at the place I'm at, then I go forward to the next place."
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"In spite of everything that was done to me and my race, in spite of the adversity and the bitter moments, again we rise."
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"I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage and tangled Christmas tree lights. I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as 'making a life'. I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw some things back."
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"It is the worst thing you can do, women, is whine, .. I mean the worst. Don't complain, protest."
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"The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind."
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"I have a feeling that I make a very good friend, and I'm a good mother, and a good sister, and a good citizen. I am involved in life itself - all of it. And I have a lot of energy and a lot of nerve."
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"The writer has to take the most used, most familiar objects - nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs - ball them together and make them bounce, turn them a certain way and make people get into a romantic mood; and another way, into a bellicose mood. I'm most happy to be a writer."
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"One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential."
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"We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends and living our lives."
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"I am a very religious person, so it is the presence of God, the constant unwavering, unrelenting presence of God which continues to help me to keep a character which I am proud to show."
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"Without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently."
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