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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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Its much easier for me to make major life, multi-million dollar decisions, than it is to decide on a carpet for my front porch. Thats the truth. – Oprah Winfrey

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Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power. – Barbara Jordan

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We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers. Our abundance has brought us neither peace of mind nor serenity of spirit. – Martin Luther King,Jr.

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If there is no struggle, there is no progress. – Frederick Douglass

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We black men seem the sole oasis of simple faith and reverence in a dusty desert of dollars and smartness. – W.E.B. DuBois

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