"If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love."
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"As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.“
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"My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return."
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"Nothing will work unless you do."
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"The sadness of the women's movement is that they don't allow the necessity of love. See, I don't personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed."
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"For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place."
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"The most positive men are the most credulous."
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"No man has any natural authority over his fellow men."
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"Strong women only marry weak men."
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