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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.

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I always looked upon the acts of racist exclusion, or insult, as pitiable, for the other person. I never absorbed that. I always thought that there wa...more

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You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.

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I don't think anybody cares about unwed mothers unless they're black or poor. The question is not morality, the question is money. That's what we're u...more

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Anger ... it's a paralyzing emotion ... you can't get anything done. People sort of think it's an interesting, passionate, and igniting feeling — I do...more

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God take what He would," she said. And He did, and He did, and He did and then gave her Halle who gave her freedom when it didn't mean a thing.

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The best thing she was, was her children.

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Grownups don't pay it much attention because they can't imagine anything more majestic to a child than their own selves and so confused dependance for...more