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" The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays. "

Soren Kierkegaard

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" Often times we feel like either we can't make a world of difference, or we feel that it's not going to change anything anyway. The truth is you can change someone's day, you can change someone's life, but you have to show up and do what you got to do to actually see any fruit coming from it. "

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" That's why I want to change Mississippi. You don't run away from problems - you just face them. "

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" What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music. "

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