I am old enough to know that victory is often a thing deferred, and rarely at the summit … - Paula Giddings

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Thou little thinkest what a little foolery governs the world.

Paula Giddings

I am old enough to know that victory is often a thing deferred, and rarely at the summit of courage. . . What is at the summit of courage, I think, is freedom. . . the freedom that comes with the knowledge that no earthly thing can break you.

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It was my mother who gave me my voice. She did this, I know now, by clearing a space where my words could fall, grow, then find their way to others.

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Once a crowd chased me for an autograph. 'Beat it, ' I said, 'go sit on a tack!' 'We made you, ' they said. 'Like hell you did, ' I told them.

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John Selden

Thou little thinkest what a little foolery governs the world.

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Eskeerdo

I just want to let everybody know that no matter the circumstance it doesn't mean that the outcome is gonna be what the statistic says it's gonna be. You know, I just want to show everybody that no matter what you can make your dreams come true if you work hard. Like, that's my legacy as far as that.

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John Donne

Goe and catche a falling starre, Get with child a mandrake root, Tell me, where all past yeares are, Or who cleft the Divel's foot. Teach me to hear Mermaides' singing, Or to keep of envies stinging, And finde What winde Serves to advance an honest minde.

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George Herbert

A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.

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