When I sing, I don't want them to see that my face is black. I don't want them to see that my face is white. I want them to see my soul. And that is colorless.


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Temporary Insanity had come a-knocking and I had shouted "Come on in the door is open." Luckily, Rea...
MARIAN KEYES
when happiness makes a guest appearance in one's life,it's important to make the most of it.It may n...
MARIAN KEYES
By choice or by chance, we must actively test our limits to know our capabilities.
MARIAN DEEGAN
Blessed are those to whom Easter is not a hunt...but a find; not a greeting...but a proclamation; no...
ANDERSON
When President Kennedy was elected, many black Americans, like so many Americans, were captivated by...
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can make e...
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
Education remains one of the black community's most enduring values. It is sustained by the belief t...
MARIAN WRIGHT EDLEMAN
No person has the right to rain on your dreams.
MARIAN WRIGHT EDLEMAN
We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily diffe...
MARIAN WRIGHT EDLEMAN
Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in others.
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in yo...
MARIAN WRIGHT EDLEMAN
We must always refill and ensure there is a critical mass of leaders and activists committed to nonv...
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
Children under five are the poorest age group in America, and one in four infants, toddlers and pres...
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
You didn't have a choice about the parents you inherited, but you do have a choice about the kin...
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than ...
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a b...
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
So much of the deep lingering sadness over President Kennedy's assassination is about the unfini...
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
To all those mothers and fathers who are struggling with teen-agers, I say, just be patient: even th...
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily diffe...
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
Remember and help America remember that the fellowship of human beings is more important than the fe...
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
Hunger and malnutrition have devastating consequences for children and have been linked to low birth...
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
Together we can and must fight for justice for our children and protect them from draconian tax cuts...
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that they forge...
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
There should not be one new dime in tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires as long as millions...
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
Don't feel entitled to anything you didn't sweat and struggle for.
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
The future which we hold in trust for our own children will be shaped by our fairness to other peopl...
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back - but they are gon...
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just...
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back -- but they are go...
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
We have the capacity to make sure that every mother has pre-natal care. Yet, we don't do it. Wha...
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You ...
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
I feel very lucky to have grown up having interaction with adults who were making change but who wer...
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
You just think of them playing baseball and basketball, anything fun, not waiting for someone to com...
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
Understand and be confident that each of us can make a difference by caring and acting in small as w...
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
My faith has been the driving thing of my life. I think it is important that people who are perceive...
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
This historic investment in children's health is a major victory for America's children and working ...
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
The planned execution of Mr. Williams will leave a permanent scar on the conscience of the state of ...
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
No one, Eleanor Roosevelt said, can make you feel inferior without your consent. Never give it.
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
No person has the right to rain on your dreams.
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
The persistent and growing high level of child poverty reflects conscious and misguided choices, ......
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
It's time for greatness -- not for greed. It's a time for idealism -- not ideology. It is a time not...
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN