The woman who bore me is no ...

The woman who bore me is no longer alive, but I seem to be her daughter in increasingly profound ways.
 Johnnetta B. Cole

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Now, if you want to know my secret love, it is to be able to serve as an example.
 Johnnetta B. Cole
if we center our lives on BMWs, RVs, VCRs, PCs and the other acronyms of consumerism, we cannot expect our children to do otherwise.
 Johnnetta B. Cole
While it is true that without a vision the people perish, it is doubly true that without action the people and their vision perish as well.
 Johnnetta B. Cole