Racism is a blight on the human conscience. The idea that any people can be inferior to another, to the point where those who consider themselves superior define and treat the rest as subhuman, denies the humanity even of those who elevate themselves to the status of gods.

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You define your own life. Don’t let other people write your script. — Oprah Winfrey

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The only people who want to change the Gospel are those who are unchanged by it.

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When you put love out in the world it travels, and it can touch people and reach people in ways that we never even expected. — Laverne Cox

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People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. — Rogers Hornsby

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I definitely want to go out and explore different personalities and different people.

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What Darwin was too polite to say, my friends, is that we came to rule the earth not because we were the smartest, or even the meanest, but because we have always been the craziest, most murderous motherfuckers in the jungle.

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I know lots of people in Mississippi who have lost their jobs trying to register to vote. - Fannie Lou Hamer

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In times of crisis, people reach for meaning. Meaning is strength. Our survival may depend on our seeking and finding it.

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Success isn’t something that happens overnight: it’s a process. You have to nurture it along with continuous care, and the best way to do this is to have the right people working with you - not for you, but with you. I can dream alone and strive alone, but true success always requires the help and support of others.

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