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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My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you I the best place for the next moment. – Oprah Winfrey

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Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. – Oprah Winfrey

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Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down. – Oprah Winfrey

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Racial superiority is a mere pigment of the imagination. – Author Unknown

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We are the wrong people of the wrong skin in the wrong continent and what in the hell is everybody being reasonable about? – June Jordan

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

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Dreams From My Father reveals more about Obama than is usually known about political leaders until after theyre dead. Perhaps more than it intends, it shows his mind working, in real time, sentence by sentence, in what feels like a private audience with the reader. – Jonathan Raban

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In America few people will trust you unless you are irreverent. – Norman Mailer

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Home is where you can say anything you like cause nobody listens to you anyway. – Author Unknown

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