You didn't have a choice about the parents you inherited, but you do have a choice about the kind of parent you will be.
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A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back - but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you.
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We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.
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My faith has been the driving thing of my life. I think it is important that people who are perceived as liberals not be afraid of talking about moral and community values.
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No one, Eleanor Roosevelt said, can make you feel inferior without your consent. Never give it.
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