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“Come out into the glory of God's world of functions and uses- Create something.”
― Ain't I A Woman?
― Ain't I A Woman?
“Domestic violence was epidemic ("It is something to boast about if her husband does not beat her"), and so were other forms of black-on-black violence, much of it ignored by the law.”
― American Dream: Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation's Drive to End Welfare
― American Dream: Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation's Drive to End Welfare
“Talk, without effort, is nothing; you are abundantly capable, gentlemen, of making yourself men of distinction; and this gross neglect, on your part, causes my blood to boil within me.”
― Ain't I A Woman?
― Ain't I A Woman?
“You weren't getting up when you were being mean to yourself either, so at least you can be nice to yourself. No one ever shamed themselves into better mental health.”
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“A real man or woman makes circumstances and controls them. They be deterred from doing what duty calls them to! Never! They control their destiny and observe every weaker mind within the square of the distance. I find it easier to coalesce with a person who has been guilty of ennui, and whose lives are proof of their repentance, than these-good-for-nothing aspirants. Anything which you young pump=strutters earnestly wish to be, you can be. God gives every key to a sober demander.”
― Ain't I A Woman?
― Ain't I A Woman?
Constance Billard Book Club
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