Quote by Oprah Winfrey
I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to r

I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. – Oprah Winfrey

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Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have. – Oprah Winfrey

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The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free. – Oprah Winfrey

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What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come. – Oprah Winfrey

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Today we know with certainty that segregation is dead. The only question remaining is how costly will be the funeral. – Martin Luther King,Jr.

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You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man. – Frederick Douglass

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We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in history. What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of national bias, race hate, and religious prejudice. – Carter Woodson, 1926

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Laundry is the only thing that should be separated by color. – Author Unknown

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If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then you have to pay for it in abuse and misunderstanding. – Zora Neale Hurston

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The IRS! Theyre like the Mafia, they can take anything they want! – Jerry Seinfeld

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The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice. – Mark Twain, Following the Equator

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Sometimes the best cure for life’s woes is a sense of humor. – Frank Sonnenberg

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