Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg before it is broken. ― M.F.K. Fisher

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Happy is the man, I thought, who, before dying, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean sea.

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If I fall, I'll fall five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom. I'm not backing off. - Fannie Lou Hamer

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I'm showing the people that a Negro can run for office. - Fannie Lou Hamer

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By being yourself, you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before. — Edwin Elliot

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

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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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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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What I really feel is necessary is that the black people in this country wil have to upset this apple cart. We can no longer ignore the fact that America is not the... land of the free and the home of the brave. - Fannie Lou Hamer

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Open your mind before your mouth

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