Nannie Helen Burroughs quotes
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“At times we feel wounded, hurt, disappointed, disgusted, resentful, sick of it all. At other times we feel skeptical, outraged, robbed, beaten. We chafe, hate, overlook. Then again we feel like ignoring, defying and fighting for every right that belongs to us as human beings.”
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“Education and justice are democracy's only life insurance.”
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“To struggle and battle and overcome and absolutely defeat every force designed against us is the only way to achieve.”
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“Anything that is as old as racism is in the blood line of the nation. It's not any superficial thing-that attitude is in the blood and we have to educate about it.”
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“Aspire to be, and all that we are not God will give us credit for trying.”
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“When the Negro learns what manner of man he is spiritually, he will wake up all over. He will stop playing white even on the stage. He will rise in the majesty of his own soul.”
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“What we need are mental and spiritual giants who are aflame with a purpose . . . We're a race ready for crusade, for we've recognized that we're a race on this continent that can work out its own salvation.”
-- Nannie Helen Burroughs
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“Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.”
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Source : Aaron Sorkin's Commencement Address at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, news.syr.edu. May 13, 2012.
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“Hold her for me. Hold her tight. Don't let her be lonely. Don't let her hurt. Please.”
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“I like auditioning! A lot of people hate it, but I like it.”
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Source : Abdullah Yusuf Ali (2004). “The Meaning of the Holy Qu'ran”, Amana Pubns
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“You must never tire fighting Satan.”
Source : Abraham Cahan (2013). “The Rise of David Levinsky”, p.41, Courier Corporation
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