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“my ancestors endured too much for me to be indecisive about my power”

— Meggan Roxanne

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if I could rewind time and change one thing — I would remove the ability for the british to draw arbitrary borders in land that is not theirs

#colonialism

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“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”

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speak the truth — even if your voice shakes

#MaggieKuhn

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i come from at least three generations of refugees, but it’s in me that refuge they now seek

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“no” is the most powerful word in the dictionary

[Lauren C. Taylor @elleceetee]

I’m sick of living in unprecedented times.

[anoopreet @anoopreet]

Given that America — “the land of the free” — has been able to imprison women with this dangerous precedent, expect worse to come for the rights of all human beings, wherever you are in the world.

#RoeVsWade

[Terisa Siagatonu @terisasiagatonu]

Train your spirit to ignore the non-believers who are deeply committed to the belief that we can’t have/organize for the world we deserve. Heal it if you’re one of them.

[anoopreet @anoopreet]

if you don’t speak for others, who do you think will be left to speak for you?

[simarpreet @soundsbywise]

every time we lose a young life in Punjab that was driven to create something — be it music, change or anything else — it feels like a giant hole being punched into a wall that you’re constantly patching up

[anoopreet @anoopreet]

our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter

— Martin Luther King Jr.

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a people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots

#MarcusGarvey

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free speech will cost you

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a wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer

#BruceLee

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Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames.

#Rumi

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if you want to see the true character of a person, watch the way they treat someone who can’t do anything for them

#unknown

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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

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Document your history. Until the lion learns how to write, every story will glorify the hunter.