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In many ways, history is marked as 'before' and 'after' Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

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People look at me like I should have been like Malcolm X or Martin Luther King or Rosa Parks. I should have seen life like that and stay out of trouble, and don't do this and don't do that. But it's hard to live up to some people's expectations. ↗

— Rodney King

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The term 'giant' is used too often to describe artists. But in the case of Akira Kurosawa, we have one of the rare instances where the term fits. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

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Rosa Parks inspired many. She will not be forgotten. ↗

— John Shimkus

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Rosa Parks was a woman of strength, conviction, and morality. Her action on December 1, 1955, to defy the law made her a leading figure in our nation's civil rights history. ↗

— John Shimkus

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Day is like day as two beads in a rosary, unless changes of weather form the only variety. ↗

— Henryk Sienkiewicz

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To be Buddha, or Jesus, to attain the attitude of Gandhi, or Rosa Parks, to follow no one, but to lead, to show others the path of compassion and kindness, to be a leader and not a follower, to have honor and courage; to fear nothing and no one, to create my own path, that is who I am ↗

— Martin Suarez

#create-your-future #create-your-life #enlightenment #gandhi #jesus

It is just as important to give all of what you are, than all of what you have. Nevertheless, it is always reciprocated. ↗

— Michelle Cruz-Rosado

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The soul is stronger than the ego. It lives to BE, and give. We are of one Light, illuminating ourselves and those whom we love. ↗

— Michelle Cruz-Rosado

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To gain an overall understanding of oneself does not require looking outward - it requires the strength of looking inward. ↗

— Michelle Cruz-Rosado

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