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

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I was forced away from the plantation because I wouldn't go back and withdraw, you know, my literacy test after I had tried to take it. I wouldn't go back.- Fannie Lou Hamer

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One day, I know the struggle will change. There's got to be a change - not only for Mississippi, not only for the people in the United States, but people all over the world.- Fannie Lou Hamer

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Nature is not a place to visit, it is home. – Gary Snyder

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I wanted to be a decorator. I wanted to interior design homes and do everything myself.

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Home is any four walls that enclose the right person. — Helen Rowland

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She knew she loved him when 'home' went from being a place to being a person.— E. Leventhal

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Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath. Breathe in deeply to bring your mind home to your body. Then look at, or think of, the person triggering this emotion: with mindfulness, you can see that they are unhappy and suffering. You can see their wrong perceptions. You'll feel motivated by a desire to say or do something to help the other person suffer less. This means compassionate energy has been born in your heart. And when compassion appears, anger is deleted.

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I am sick and tired of being sick and tired. -Fannie Lou Hamer

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Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization, never intended ... to take in the whole sick population. May we hope that the day will come ... when every poor sick person will have the opportunity of a share in a district sick-nurse at home.

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