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No race can prosper till it learns there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. – Booker T. Washington

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I felt that one had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or rat in a trap. I had already determined to sell my life as dearly as possible if attacked. I felt if I could take one lyncher with me, this would even up the score a little bit. – Ida B. Wells

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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can. – Arthur Ashe

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Black History

I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up. – Rosa Parks

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The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerence. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance. – Maya Angelou

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Good manners and plenty of money will make my son a gentlemen. – Proverb

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Every poll about the Left, the Right, and happiness reveals that the farther left one goes, the less happy the person is likely to be. – Dennis Prager

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People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them. – Dave Barry

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All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible. – T. E. Lawrence

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