Knowing what must be done does away with fear. – Rosa Parks

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Anxiety is a living body, Poised beside us like a shadow. It is the last creature standing, The only beast who loves us Enough to stay. ― Amanda Gorman

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There is no better compass than compassion. ― Amanda Gorman

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There is always light. Only if we are brave enough to see it. There is always light. Only if we are brave enough to be it. ― Amanda Gorman

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our people diverse and beautiful will emerge, battered and beautiful When day comes we step out of the shade, aflame and unafraid. ― Amanda Gorman

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For there is always light. If only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it. ― Amanda Gorman

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Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true: That even as we grieved, we grew That even as we hurt, we hoped That even as we tired, we tried ― Amanda Gorman

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In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony. — Friedrich Nietzsche

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As an artist, you've got to see the mess. That's what we do. We get a human being, and it's like putting together a puzzle. And the puzzle has got to be a mixture, a multifaceted mixture of human emotions, and not all of it is going to be pretty.

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I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough. -Diogenes

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