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Business Boutique: A Woman's Guide for Making Money Doing What She Loves

by Christy Wright

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Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment

by Patricia Hill Collins

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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

by Isabel Wilkerson (Goodreads Author)

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Alana’s Quotes

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

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“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

tags: life

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“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain

tags: books, contentment, friends, friendship, life

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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

tags: actions, disappointed, disappointment, dream, dreams, explore, misattributed-mark-twain, sail

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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

tags: darkness, drive-out, hate, inspirational, light, love, peace

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