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.
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Medio de fonte leporumsurgit amari aliquid quod in ipsis floribus angat.
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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.
