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    Redmond said Michelle Obama's planting of an urban garden at the White House helped solidify for her that she was on the right track. "I was thinking my little lots were not that big of a deal and not only is it a big deal, but Mrs. Obama dug a backyard garden for the whole world to see" Redmond said. "It's not that I thought that my issue was little, but I didn't think that what I was talking about would resonate so many years later with so many people." Full Article at CNN
    I was thinking my little lots were not that big of a deal and not only is it a big deal, but Mrs. Obama dug a backyard garden for the whole world to see
    SOURCE: CNN 4 weeks ago
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Emerging leaders energized in the black community
  1. People are waiting to be anointed ... They are waiting for somebody to empower them when really, if you see a problem and feel impassioned and believe you can contribute an answer, then you need to step up.
    SOURCE: CNN 4 weeks ago
  2. I went back and I found her at the airport
    SOURCE: CNN 4 weeks ago
  3. He did a very good job of reaching nontraditional political audiences, people who had never ever voted before ... I think that is something that anybody can be proud of in this country.
    SOURCE: CNN 4 weeks ago
  4. It's not that I thought that my issue was little, but I didn't think that what I was talking about would resonate so many years later with so many people.
    SOURCE: CNN 4 weeks ago
  5. Just like there are different types of Democrats, there are different types of Republicans.
    SOURCE: CNN 4 weeks ago
  6. I told her 'You asked me a question and I didn't answer.' I said 'I'm here because of your son, because he needs to know that people like me exist, he can touch me and know that I am not something special and he can do whatever he wants to do in life.'
    SOURCE: CNN 4 weeks ago
  7. First and foremost, you have to believe that about yourself ... You have to dream, you have to be a scholar, you have to be a doer, and you have to want to become more.
    SOURCE: CNN 4 weeks ago
  8. I agree that our political leaders have a responsibility ... They are elected officials sent to work the process on our behalf, but not in our absence. We need to support them and be involved.
    SOURCE: CNN 4 weeks ago
  9. Even in this economic downturn I was like 'We are opening our grocery store, I don't need a bank [to provide funding].'
    SOURCE: CNN 4 weeks ago
  10. People are waiting to be anointed
    SOURCE: CNN 4 weeks ago

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