Hope

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Hope is delicate suffering.

Amiri Baraka, African American poet,
from "Language Is a Place of Struggle": Great Quotes by People of Color, edited by Tram Nguyen

Born naked

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You're born naked, the rest is drag.

RuPaul Charles, Black Entertainer
from "Language Is a Place of Struggle": Great Quotes by People of Color, edited by Tram Nguyen

Perspective

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Nothing that God ever made is the same thing to more than one person.

Zora Neale Hurston,
from "Language Is a Place of Struggle": Great Quotes by People of Color, edited by Tram Nguyen

Good Spirit

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A good spirit is like a muscle. If you do not work and exercise it and massage it in a good and positive way it will eventually wither and die.

Brandon Astor Jones, Black Prisoner
from "Language Is a Place of Struggle": Great Quotes by People of Color, edited by Tram Nguyen

Memory

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Memory is a funny thing. If you want to bury it, it will be bottled up deeply inside. But if you decide to unleash it, it will open a floodgate and take over everything else.

Kien Nguyen, Asian American dentist
from "Language Is a Place of Struggle": Great Quotes by People of Color, edited by Tram Nguyen

Imagination

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Imagination brings you close to compassion.

Amy Tan,
from "Language Is a Place of Struggle": Great Quotes by People of Color, edited by Tram Nguyen