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I knew from my own life experience that when someone shows genuine interest in your learning and development, even if only for ten minutes in a busy day, it matters. It matters especially for women, for minorities, for anyone society is quick to overlook.
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A szó, amit kerestem: fehér. Aznap este, (...) Oda-vissza betűztem gondolatban, szidtam magam a butaságomért. A szégyen nyomasztó súlyként nehezedett rám, amelyet talán sosem fogok tudni lerázni, pedig tudtam, hogy a szüleimet nem érdekelné, hogy minden kártyát helyesen olvastam-e el. Csak sikert akartam elérni. Vagy talán azt nem akartam, hogy sikerre képtelennek könyveljenek el.
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It was a small but life-changing move. I didn't stop to ask myself then what would happen to all the kids who'd been left in the basement with the teacher who couldn't teach. Now that I'm an adult, I realize that kids know at a very young age when they're being devalued, when adults aren't invested enough to help them learn. Their anger over it can manifest itself as unruliness. It's hardly their fault. They aren't "bad kids." They're just trying to survive bad circumstances.
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Barack wasn't a real black man, like them--someone who spoke like that, looked like that, and read that many books could never be. What bothered me most was that Barack exemplified everything parents on the South Side often said they wanted for their kids.
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When they go low, we go high.
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It was possible that I was more in charge of my happiness than I was allowing myself to be
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He saw marriage as the loving alignment of two people who can lead parallel lives but without forgoing any independent dreams or ambitions.
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Women endure entire lifetimes of these indignities—in the form of catcalls, groping, assault, oppression. These things injure us. They sap our strength. Some of the cuts are so small they’re barely visible. Others are huge and gaping, leaving scars that never heal. Either way, they accumulate. We carry them everywhere, to and from school and work, at home while raising our children, at our places of worship, anytime we try to advance.
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My mother was a force. She had little tolerance for fools, she kept her hair short and wore practical non-fussy clothes. Everything about her radiated confidence and calm.
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