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I learned that having great sensitivity is important. But being strong is just as important.

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OK, boss, I don't mind shuffling, but I won't scratch my head.

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I have this deep love for authors. I think that we don't do enough to encourage love of words and love of books.

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The Divine Impulse - it's always safe to follow it. We've got to trust it and go wherever it takes us. Especially women.

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We women have a great function to perform. The world needs us.

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Black women have to know the historical and everyday struggles of black men, and our men have to know the struggles of black women in America.

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Oh, I'm impressed with Lorraine Hansberry. She was a genius at whose feet I could sit.

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I never thought about myself as an activist when we were coming along. I love the people I love. I didn't care whether they could be a Democrat, Republican, communist... anything but a racist.

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I'd come from a background in New York of picketing and protesting.

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My stepmother wanted to be an actress.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actress

Born: October 27th, 1924

Died: June 11th, 2014

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