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Everyone has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend.Marian Anderson
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As long as you keep a person down some part of you has to be down there to hold him down so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.Marian Anderson
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Prayer begins where human capacity ends.Marian Anderson
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When you stop having dreams and ideals - well, you might as well stop altogether.Marian Anderson
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None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature offers no clue to the character or quality of the person underneath.Marian Anderson
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I suppose I might insist on making issues of things. But that is not my nature, and I always bear in mind that my mission is to leave behind me the kind of impression that will make it easier for those who follow.Marian Anderson
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A singer starts by having his instrument as a gift from God... When you have been given something in a moment of grace, it is sacrilegious to be greedy.Marian Anderson
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Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman.Marian Anderson
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Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it.Marian Anderson
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The minute a person whose word means a great deal to others dare to take the open-hearted and courageous way, many others follow.Marian Anderson
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I have a great belief in the future of my people and my country.Marian Anderson