I was tired of pretending that I was someone else just to get along with people, just for the sake of having friendships.

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White Americans today don't know what in the world to do because when they put us behind them, that's where they made their mistake... they put us behind them, and we watched every move they made. - Fannie Lou Hamer

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I feel sorry for anybody that could let hate wrap them up. Ain't no such thing as I can hate anybody and hope to see God's face. - Fannie Lou Hamer

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

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I'd been in jail, and I'd been beat. I had been to a voter registration workshop, you know, to - they were just training and teaching us how to register, to pass the literacy test. - Fannie Lou Hamer

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Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true: That even as we grieved, we grew That even as we hurt, we hoped That even as we tired, we tried ― Amanda Gorman

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Being Michael Jordan means acting the same as I always have.- Michael Jordan

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I'm showing the people that a Negro can run for office. - Fannie Lou Hamer

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There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired.

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I know you feel worn and tired. I know you're tired of failing. Rest, but don't stop. You can do this. You got this. Not because you're strong, but because He's your strength.

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