"No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it."

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Source : George Washington Carver, Gary R. Kremer (1991). “George Washington Carver: In His Own Words”, p.1, University of Missouri Press

George Washington Carver

#Educational Quotes #Leaving Quotes #African American Quotes

“Every man is made to reach out beyond his grasp.”
“Smokey and The Bandit was just a lark. All we did was run up and down those Georgia roads wrecking cars and having the time of our life.”
“To lovers of the truth, nothing can be put before God and hope in Him.”
“In the U.S. alone, weather disasters caused $50 billion in economic damages in 2010.”
“Shane it came back to her in a dizzy rush how he'd stopped her on the way into this place, in the faint dawn of light 'i wnt you to promise me one thing. promise me you'll marry me. Not now. Someday.”
“A majority can do anything.”
“My heart always timidly hides itself behind my mind. I set out to bring down stars from the sky, then, for fear of ridicule, I stop and pick little flowers of eloquence.”
“Was not from a mixture of two races that the Titans sprang?”

Source : Jose Clemente Orozco (1962). “José Clemente Orozco: An Autobiography”, p.21, University of Texas Press

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