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Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.

Al Sharpton

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Al Sharpton
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 3
Film Actor
Human Rights Activist
Minister
Politician
Radio Personality
Television Presenter
Brooklyn
New York
Alfred Charles Al Sharpton
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But resist we much. We must and we will much about that be committed.
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I have the right to express myself. Once we get through expressing, do we really move forward in society.
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My ministry's always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.
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I was raised by a single mother who made a way for me. She used to scrub floors as a domestic worker, put a cleaning rag in her pocketbook and ride the subways in Brooklyn so I would have food on the table. But she taught me as I walked her to the subway that life is about not where you start, but where you're going. That's family values.
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I've never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known.
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