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I cannot help feeling I would have been happier with a husband and chidren of my own. ↗

— Ethel Waters

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Honesty is never seen sitting astride the fence. ↗

— Lemuel K. Washburn

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Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. ↗

— Booker T. Washington

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I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed. ↗

— Booker T. Washington

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Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way. ↗

— Booker T. Washington

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I'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical background, my genetic makeup, but it's not all of who I am nor is it the basis from which I answer every question. ↗

— Denzel Washington

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My mother never gave up one me. I messed up in school so much they were sending me home, but my mother sent me right back. ↗

— Denzel Washington

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You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it. ↗

— Denzel Washington

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If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy, don't just be mad at him or her. ↗

— Denzel Washington

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I read the Bible every day. ↗

— Denzel Washington

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