"We have to improve life, not just for……" — Dorothy Height
"We have to improve life, not just for those who have the most skills and those who know how to manipulate the system. But also for and with those who often have so much to give but never get the opportunity."
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23 Quotes by Dorothy Height
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We've got to work to save our children and do it with full respect for the fact that if we…
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My mother helped me understand how not to show off what I knew, but how to use it so that…
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We are not a problem people, we are people with problems.
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I am the product of many whose lives have touched mine, from the famous, distinguished, and powerful to the little…
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We have to see that all of us are in the same boat.
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If the time is not ripe, we have to ripen the time.
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Civil rights are civil rights. There are no persons who are not entitled to their civil rights. We have to…
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If the times aren't ripe, you have to ripen the times.
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We have to realize we are building a movement.
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I think of my life as a unity of circles. Some are concentric, others overlap, but they all connect in…
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I want to be remembered as one who tried.
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The Black family of the future will foster our liberation, enhance our self-esteem, and shape our ideas and goals.
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