Erykah Badu (Erica Abi Wrigh) Quotes

My paternal grandmother gave me the courage to investigate things and not take things at face value or judge people by what I first imagine them to be.

Erykah Badu

• People
• Value
• Courage
• Judge
• Imagine
• Grandmother
• Judging

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  • Value
  • Courage