The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.
¶ (Attributed)
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Alice Walker (b. 1944) American writer
No person is you friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.
¶ (Attributed)
I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.
¶ The Color Purple (1982)
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