Eunice Kathleen Waymon (Nina Simone) Quotes

The worst thing about that kind of prejudice... is that while you feel hurt and angry and all the rest of it, it feeds you self-doubt. You start thinking, perhaps I am not good enough.

Eunice Kathleen Waymon

• Hurt
• Prejudice
• Self-Doubt

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  Eunice Kathleen Waymon
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  • Prejudice
  • Self-Doubt