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I say to people today, ‘You must be prepared if you believe in something. If you believe in something, you have to go for it. As individuals, we may not live to see the end.

John Lewis

Music is a universal language.
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Language Music One Liner Universal
Don’t give up! Don’t give in! Keep the faith! And keep your eyes on the prize!
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Business Faith Give Up Motivational Sports
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
Comics, in a sense, the style, the images – it’s almost like music.
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Comix Music Sense Style
Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I’m on today.
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Book Comic Reading
Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.
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Blood Democracy Participate Process
The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the society.
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Racism Scars Society Stain
I don’t have any extraordinary gifts. I’m just an average Joe who grew up very poor in rural Alabama.
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Average Extraordinary Gift Grow Up Poor
I truly believe that one day we will get there, we will arrive. And if we do it right in America, maybe, just maybe, we can serve as a model for the rest of the world.
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Arrive Believe Country Model Right True World
We built a coalition of conscience, and that we can do it again, and we can go forward, and help redeem the soul of America.
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Build Conscience Country Soul
Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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Faith Inspirational Success
When growing up, I saw segregation. I saw racial discrimination. I saw those signs that said white men, colored men. White women, colored women. White waiting. And I didn’t like it.
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Black Gorw Up Men Racism Sign White Women
Nonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.
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Non Violence Principle
We all need to be treated like fellow human beings.
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Black Lives Matter Equality Fellow Human Treatment
When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something.
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Equality Justice Truth
Every single vote is precious.
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One Liner Precious Vote

I say to people today, ‘You must be prepared if you believe in something. If you believe in something, you have to go for it. As individuals, we may not live to see the end.

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I say to people today, ‘You must be prepared if you believe in something. If you believe in something, you have to go for it. As individuals, we may not live to see the end.

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