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February 2013

/ Icons & Legends

Week of Wisdom: The 80somethings

The elder icons and legends of Black America have lived long and prospered. Their words to the wise should suffice

Week of Wisdom: The 80somethings

Harry Belafonte (85): “I am still, first and foremost, in search of freedom.”

Sidney Poitier (85): “You don’t have to become something you're not to be better than you were.”

Maya Angelou (84): “You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.”

Toni Morrison (81): “Love is never any better than the lover.”

Chuck Berry (86): “Don’t let the same dog bite you twice.”

Little Richard (80): “I don’t think that you have to be effeminate to be sensitive.”

Harry Belafonte (85): “I am still, first and foremost, in search of freedom.”

Sidney Poitier (85): “You don’t have to become something you're not to be better than you were.”

Maya Angelou (84): “You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.”

Toni Morrison (81): “Love is never any better than the lover.”

Chuck Berry (86): “Don’t let the same dog bite you twice.”

Little Richard (80): “I don’t think that you have to be effeminate to be sensitive.”

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