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Being a mom myself and it being a huge and important part of who I am, made it easier for me to play the role of a strong, fierce, giving mom...

Lorraine Toussaint

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Lorraine Toussaint
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 4
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It is the ordinariness of us that is the same in all of us.
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So many young people feel powerless. We live in a world where it feels like it's so big and yet so small, and that your contribution really doesn't matter.
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I grew up a middle class, colonized child of teachers, and librarians and people, women especially, who treasured education.
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