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"You are beloved; even if you were the last person on earth, the sun would rise for you."

"A woman's beauty is worth little to you, a woman's intelligence is worth much to you, a woman's virtue is worth more to you, a woman's love is worth the most to you, and a woman's loyalty is worth everything to you."

"If you want to know the value of half a second, ask the person who came second in a sprint event at the Olympics."

"If you want to know the value of a month, ask a pregnant woman, if a month matters in her pregnancy."

"Richness is not in wealth or earning capability, but it is in your perception."

"Too many people die early, either tragically or natural death, because they did not treat their lives with any sense of value."

"If you want to know the value of a week ask the editor of a weekly magazine if he fails to meet up with the target of his weekly publication."

"Love in your heart is better than gold in your hands."
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"I come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be."


"So I had to be careful. I recognized the responsibility that, whether I liked it or not, I had to accept whatever the obligation was. That was to behave in a manner, to carry myself in such a professional way, as if there ever is a reflection, it's a positive one."


"I wanted to look at them because I feel, internally, that I am an ordinary person who has had an extraordinary life."


"My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important."


"I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life."


"I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people."
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