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The little grassroots people can change this world.


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You can make a lot of speeches, but the real thing is when you dig a hole, plant a tree, give it water, and make it survive. That's what makes the difference

You can make a lot of speeches, but the real thing is when you dig a hole, plant a tree, give it water, and make it survive. That's what makes the difference



You cannot enslave a mind that knows itself. That values itself. That understands itself.

You cannot enslave a mind that knows itself. That values itself. That understands itself.



You cannot protect the environment unless you empower people, you inform them, and you help them understand that these resources are their own, that they must protect them.

You cannot protect the environment unless you empower people, you inform them, and you help them understand that these resources are their own, that they must protect them.



When we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace and seeds of hope.

When we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace and seeds of hope.



No matter who or where we are, or what our capabilities, we are called to do the best we can.

No matter who or where we are, or what our capabilities, we are called to do the best we can.



I’m very conscious of the fact that you can’t do it alone. It’s teamwork. When you do it alone you run the risk that when you are no longer there nobody else will do it.

I’m very conscious of the fact that you can’t do it alone. It’s teamwork. When you do it alone you run the risk that when you are no longer there nobody else will do it.



Every person who has ever achieved anything has been knocked down many times. But all of them picked themselves up and kept going, and that is what I have always tried to do.

Every person who has ever achieved anything has been knocked down many times. But all of them picked themselves up and kept going, and that is what I have always tried to do.



African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence.

African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence.



Human rights are not things that are put on the table for people to enjoy. These are things you fight for and then you protect.

Human rights are not things that are put on the table for people to enjoy. These are things you fight for and then you protect.



We cannot tire or give up. We owe it to the present and future generations of all species to rise up and walk!

We cannot tire or give up. We owe it to the present and future generations of all species to rise up and walk!





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She is off the heart's map and her compass is spinning.

She is off the heart's map and her compass is spinning.




You know, civil rights is great and everything, but a lot of people don't realize that plumbers in the South make less money than when they used to install separate drinking fountains.

You know, civil rights is great and everything, but a lot of people don't realize that plumbers in the South make less money than when they used to install separate drinking fountains.



In the beginning God created the heavans and the earth... see you at the final.

In the beginning God created the heavans and the earth... see you at the final.



I'm not great with breathing, like holding notes. I usually don't. A lot of people wouldn't believe it, but I don't focus on technical stuff.

I'm not great with breathing, like holding notes. I usually don't. A lot of people wouldn't believe it, but I don't focus on technical stuff.



I did not know at the time, but what I did at that swimming pool [on the east side of Wilmington] paved the way for Barack Obama.

I did not know at the time, but what I did at that swimming pool [on the east side of Wilmington] paved the way for Barack Obama.



Time is your friend; impulse is your enemy.

Time is your friend; impulse is your enemy.



If we say that anyone who 'moralizes' must be perfect morally then we are in effect saying no one can moralize.

If we say that anyone who 'moralizes' must be perfect morally then we are in effect saying no one can moralize.



If you can find your footing between two cultures, sometimes you can have the best of both worlds.

If you can find your footing between two cultures, sometimes you can have the best of both worlds.




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