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Booker T. Washington

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There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.


— Booker T. Washington


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We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.


— Booker T. Washington


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We must reinforce argument with results.


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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.


— Booker T. Washington


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Character is power.


— Booker T. Washington


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If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.


— Booker T. Washington


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I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.


— Booker T. Washington


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Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.


— Booker T. Washington


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I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.


— Booker T. Washington


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Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.


— Booker T. Washington


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Did you know about Booker T. Washington?

He gained access to top national leaders in politics philanthropy and education. Fannie died in May 1884. Washington revealed that Rogers had been quietly funding operations of 65 small country schools for African Americans and had given substantial sums of money to support Tuskegee and Hampton institutes.

Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5 1856 – November 14 1915) was an African-American educator author orator and advisor to Republican presidents. Historians note that Washington "advised networked cut deals made threats pressured puniBooker T. Washingtond enemies rewarded friends greased palms manipulated the media signed autographs read minds with the skill of a master psychologist strategized raised money always knew where the camera was pointing traveled with an entourage waved the flag with patriotic speeches and claimed to have no interest in partisan politics.

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