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Marian Anderson
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“Where there is money, there is fighting.”
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“You cannot fool an audience.”
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“Prayer begins where human capacity ends.”
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“There are many persons ready to do what is right because in their hearts they know it is right. But they hesitate, waiting for the other fellow to make the first move. ... The minute a person whose word means a great deal dares to take the open-hearted and courageous way, many others follow.”
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“As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.”
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“[On prejudice:] Sometimes, it's like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find it with your fingers, but you keep brushing at it because the feel of it is irritating.”
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“You can't build a chimney from the top, you know.”
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“You lose a lot of time hating people.”
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“Everyone has a gift for something even if it is that of being a good friend.”
Marian Anderson, U.S. singer, U.N. delegate
(1897 - 1993)