Children are like grown people; the experience of others is never of any use to them.

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We all need people who will give us feedback. That's how we improve.

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Today I will let go of my need for approval and my need to be liked. Instead, I will choose to like and approve of myself. The people who count (including me) will respect me when I'm true to who I really am.

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Give light and people will find the way. — Ella Baker

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Sometimes I hear people saying, 'Nothing has changed.' Come and walk in my shoes. - John Lewis

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To me, we are the most beautiful creatures in the whole world. Black people. And I mean that in every sense.- Nina Simone

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The large majority of people are asleep and do not wish to wake up.

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Black people have been working hard for decades. - Cornel West

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In a democracy, we have always had to worry about the ignorance of the uneducated. Today we have to worry about the ignorance of people with college degrees.

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The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. — Alice Walker

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