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Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.

John Lewis

Comics, in a sense, the style, the images – it’s almost like music.
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Comix Music Sense Style
Every generation leaves behind a legacy. What that legacy will be is determined by the people of that generation. What legacy do you want to leave behind?
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Determination Generation Inspirational Leaving Legacy People
If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.
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Justice Moral Obligation Right
We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
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Choose Inspirational Time
You cannot give up – you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.
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Give Up Motivational Persistence Press Push
The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the society.
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Racism Scars Society Stain
There should be a graphic novel dealing with the contribution of the women of the civil rights movement, to tell their story.
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Civil Contribution Deal Movement Rights Story Women Women Empowerment
I met Rosa Parks when I was 17. I met Dr. [Martin Luther] King when I was 18. These two individuals inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble. So I got in good trouble, necessary trouble.
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Individual Trouble
The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
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Accomodation Duty Government Reason State
We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now!
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Freedom Racism Want
In spite of all of the things, the issues, that we may be confronting today, I’m very hopeful, very optimistic about the future.
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Comfortable Future Hope Issue Optimism Spite
You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage.
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Afraid Believe Courage Speak
We are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
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Community Country Family Unity
Give us a vote! Let us vote! We came here to do our job. We came here to work.
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Job Racism Vote Work
People will never, ever forget what happened and how it happened, and it is my hope that we are on our way to greater change.
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Black Lives Matter Change Forget Happen Hope People
Freedom is the continuous action we all must take, and each generation must do its part to create an even more fair, more just society.
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Action Creation Freedom Generation Society

Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.

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