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title: "2 Sarah Delany Quotes"
description: "Sarah Louise \"Sadie\" Delany was an American educator and civil rights pioneer. She was the subject, along with her younger sister Bessie, of the oral hi..."
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# Sarah Delany

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Sarah Louise "Sadie" Delany was an American educator and civil rights pioneer. She was the subject, along with her younger sister Bessie, of the oral history biography, Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1993), by journalist Amy Hill Hearth. Sadie was the first African American to

##  Quotes by Sarah Delany

> [“Folks can't take advantage of you if you're doing what you want to.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-delany/folks-can-t-take-advantage-of-you-if-you-re-doing-what-you-want-to/)

Sarah Delany

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> [“As long as you can see each day as a chance for something new to hapen, something you never experienced before, you'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-delany/as-long-as-you-can-see-each-day-as-a-chance-for-something-new-to/)

Sarah Delany

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