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" I didn't have the kind of talent or personality that kept me dreaming about Hollywood. They don't hire little colored girls to do this or that. After I got that in my head, I took another direction. "

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" There is a place for people 65 and older that no other age group can fit. We have nothing to lose. Some of us have a couple pennies. We can go out now and really be revolutionaries. "

" The nature of racism is that it grinds down the soul of the man more finely than it does the soul of the woman. When you want to conquer a people or subject it, you destroy the male component. "

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" You can't be all you are meant to be if you think you are better than others, and you can't be all you are meant to be if you think you are less than others, either. "

" The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity. "

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" My constant battle is putting aside time wasters, and I have to watch out for procrastination. Staying on the path of something you're trying to create has much to do with having confidence in yourself and in your capacity to realize the things you want out of life. "

" I have this deep love for authors. I think that we don't do enough to encourage love of words and love of books. "

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" I don't know who I would be if I weren't this child from Harlem, this woman from Harlem. It's in me so deep. "

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" Well, I didn't grow up with that word 'retirement' as part of my consciousness. I didn't grow up with professionals that retired. I thought retiring was when you are tired and go to bed. "

" I do remember the numbers runners, I do remember the poverty and bread lines. Harlem stays with you forever. "

" Is it safe and sane to only have one political and economic system by which everyone in the world can live? Or can we explore and share? God never made one of anything. "

" I remember street corners and pickets and parades. That's what I got teethed on. "