Because Quote by Madam C. J. Walker

“Don't think that because you have to go down in the wash-tub that you are any less a lady!”

Madam C. J. Walker

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IT'S PRETTY HARD for the Lord TO GUIDE YOU IF YOU HAVEN'T MADE UP YOUR MIND WHICH WAY TO GO.

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I have made it possible for many colored women to abandon the washtub for a more pleasant and profitable occupation.

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I have always held myself out as a hair culturist. I grow hair.

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As I bent over the washboard and looked at my arms buried in soapsuds, I said to myself, 'What are you going to do…

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Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.

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