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"There are people, she once wrote, who think that we cannot rule ourselves because the few times we tried, we failed, as if all the others who rule themselves today got it right the first time. It is like telling a crawling baby who tries to walk, and then falls back on his buttocks, to stay there. As if the adults walking past him did not all crawl, once."
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"Keep moving forward in the power of thy might."
"I'm sorry if this sounds harsh or surprises anyone, but this is where we are. If you want the outcome to be different, you will have to do something about it."
"You can be all that you wish to be. The power is in your own hands."
"Motivate Yourself to Inspire Others."
"Well is it known that ambition can creep as well as soar."
"Don't be discouraged when your life boils hot. With just a little more toil, you'll reap from the soil. More oil to your elbows. Stay awake and make it happen!"
"It's never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn't hurt you."
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"If you want to be strong challenge yourself to something that makes you feel weak."
"Do not ask, "Is is possible?" rather, "Is is worth what it will require of me to make it happen?"
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"She felt as if she had somehow failed him and herself by allowing his mother's behavior to upset her. She should be above it; she should shrug it off as the ranting of a village woman; she should not keep thinking of all the retorts she could have made instead of just standing mutely in that kitchen. But she was upset, and made even more so by Odenigbo's expression, as if he could not believe she was not quite as high-minded as he had thought."
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"We do not just risk repeating history if we sweep it under the carpet, we also risk being myopic about our present."
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