No matter what great things you accomplish, somebody helps you.

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I know black women in Tennessee who have worked all their lives, from the time they were twelve years old to the day they died. These women don't listen to the women's liberation rhetoric because they know that it's nothing but a bunch of white women who had certain life-styles and who want to change those life-styles.

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My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother.

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By the time I was 12 I was challenging every boy in our neighborhood at running, jumping, everything.

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When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.

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I don't know why I run so fast. I just run.

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The potential for greatness lives within us all.

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I believe in me more than anything in this world.

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I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.

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I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me.

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