In the war against breast cancer, we have the ability to arm ourselves with knowledge and education is … - Diahann Carroll

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A great lathe operator commands several times the wage of an average lathe operator, but a great writer of software code is worth 10,000 times the price of an average software writer.

Diahann Carroll

In the war against breast cancer, we have the ability to arm ourselves with knowledge and education is a powerful tool. By taking action and doing something positive, fear is replaced with hope.

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