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I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.

Ruby Bridges

I felt like there was something I needed to do – speaking to kids and sharing my story with them and helping them understand racism has no place in the minds and hearts of children.
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Children Feeling Help Myself Need Place Story Understand
Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.
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Brave Myself Parents Present
My mother and our pastor always said you have to pray for your enemies and people who do you wrong, and that’s what I did.
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Enemy Mom Myself Prayer Yourself
Learn from these monuments, whether we like them or not, and put them in their context.
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History Learning
I believe in my prayers.
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Believe Myself Prayer
You cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.
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Appearance Bad Goodness Person Yourself
I want to inspire kids.
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Children Inspirational Myself
When it comes to love, never be reckless with someone else’s heart.
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Heart Love
I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.
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Believe Goodness Hate Myself
Evil looks like you and I. I know what evil looks like, and I know that it comes in all shades and colors.
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Appearance Evil Myself Yourself
I think racism is something that is passed on and taught to our kids, and that’s a shame.
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Children Myself Ourselves Shame Thinking
Bravery knows no age or gender.
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Brave One Liner
Racism is a grown-up disease, and we should stop using our kids to spread it.
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Children Deep Growth Oppression Ourselves Stop
If you really think about it, if we begin to teach history exactly the way that it happened – good, bad, ugly, no matter what – I believe that we’re going to find that we are closer, more connected than we are apart.
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Beginning Believe Connection History Teaching Thinking Yourself
I do think that some people are born as old souls.
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Born Myself Old Soul Thinking
Evil isn’t prejudiced. It doesn’t care what you look like; it just wants a place to rest. It’s up to you whether you give it that place.
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Care Evil Place Yourself

I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.

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