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When I was 8 years old I beca...

When I was 8 years old I became a mute and was a mute until I was 13, and I thought of my whole body as an ear, so I can go into a crowd and sit still and absorb all sound. That talent or ability has lasted and served me until today.

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Information helps you to see ...

Information helps you to see that you're not alone. That there's somebody in Mississippi and somebody in Tokyo who all have wept, who've all longed and lost, who've all been happy. So the library helps you to see, not only that you are not alone, but that you're not really any different from everyone else.

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Nothing succeeds like success...

Nothing succeeds like success. Get a little success, and then just get a little more.

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I keep a hotel room in my tow...

I keep a hotel room in my town, although I have a large house. And I go there at about 5:30 in the morning, and I start working. And I don't allow anybody to come in that room. I work on yellow pads and with ballpoint pens. I keep a Bible, a thesaurus, a dictionary, and a bottle of sherry. I stay there until midday.

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While I know myself as a crea...

While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation.

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We write for the same reason ...

We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans - because we can. We have some impulse within us that makes us want to explain ourselves to other human beings. That's why we paint, that's why we dare to love someone - because we have the impulse to explain who we are.

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I admire people who dare to t...

I admire people who dare to take the language, English, and understand it and understand the melody.

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At 50, I began to know who I ...

At 50, I began to know who I was. It was like waking up to myself.

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My life has been one great bi...

My life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself.

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I read the Bible to myself; I...

I read the Bible to myself; I'll take any translation, any edition, and read it aloud, just to hear the language, hear the rhythm, and remind myself how beautiful English is.

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It's good to remember that in...

It's good to remember that in crises, natural crises, human beings forget for awhile their ignorances, their biases, their prejudices. For a little while, neighbors help neighbors and strangers help strangers.

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I love the song 'I Hope You D...

I love the song 'I Hope You Dance' by Lee Ann Womack. I was going to write that song, but someone beat me to it.

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Those of us who submitted or ...

Those of us who submitted or surrendered our ideas and dreams and identities to the 'leaders' must take back our rights, our identities, our responsibilities.

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Living in a state of terror w...

Living in a state of terror was new to many white people in America, but black people have been living in a state of terror in this country for more than 400 years.

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My grandmother took me to chu...

My grandmother took me to church on Sunday all day long, every Sunday into the night. Then Monday evening was the missionary meeting. Tuesday evening was usher board meeting. Wednesday evening was prayer meeting. Thursday evening was visit the sick. Friday evening was choir practice. I mean, and at all those gatherings, we sang.

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It is a no-fail, incontrovert...

It is a no-fail, incontrovertible reality: If you get, give. If you learn, teach. You can't do anything with that except do it.

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Hold those things that tell y...

Hold those things that tell your history and protect them. During slavery, who was able to read or write or keep anything? The ability to have somebody to tell your story to is so important. It says: 'I was here. I may be sold tomorrow. But you know I was here.'

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Until blacks and whites see e...

Until blacks and whites see each other as brother and sister, we will not have parity. It's very clear.

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Cooking certain dishes, like ...

Cooking certain dishes, like roast pork, reminds me of my mother.

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I had given up some youth for...

I had given up some youth for knowledge, but my gain was more valuable than the loss.

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