The Afro-American is not a bestial race. - Ida B. Wells

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We were told to never use I when writing, because eliminating this voice makes arguments legitimate. But we realize there is nothing that convinces like the self does - our life, our body & its beating, proving it's own jagged point. Tell me what is more powerful than the unerased. ― 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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The first bud of spring sings the other seeds into joining her uprising. ― Amanda Gorman

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It's said that ignorance is bliss. Ignorance is this: a vine that sneaks up a tree, killing not by poison, but by blocking out its light. ― Amanda Gorman

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Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public. -H. L. Mencken

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Loss is the cost of loving ― 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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There is no better compass than compassion. ― Amanda Gorman

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Only when we're drowning do we understand how fierce our feet can kick. ― Amanda Gorman

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