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- I was taught that the world had a lot of problems; that I could struggle and change them; that intellectual and material gifts brought the…
- The old notion that children are the private property of parents dies very slowly. In reality, no parent raises a child alone. How many of…
- The outside world told black kids when I was growing up that we weren't worth anything. But our parents said it wasn't so, and our…
- There are so many noises and pulls and competing demands in our lives that many of us never find out who we are. Learn to…
- Children teach us to be courageous and to stand up against injustice.
- So often we think we have got to make a difference and be a big dog. Let us just try to be little fleas biting.…
- It is time for every one of us to roll up our sleeves and put ourselves at the top of our commitment list.
- A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back - but they are gone. We are it. It…
- Understand and be confident that each of us can make a difference by caring and acting in small as well as big ways.
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