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I do not weep at the world I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.
Zora Neale Hurston
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Zora Neale Hurston
Age: 69 †
Born: 1891
Born: January 7
Died: 1960
Died: January 28
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Sweat, sweat, sweat! Work and sweat, cry and sweat, pray and sweat!
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I do not pray. . . . I do not expect God to single me out and grant me advantages over my fellow men. . . . Prayer seems to me a cry of weakness, and an attempt to avoid, by trickery, the rules of the game as laid down. I do not choose to admit weakness. I accept the challenge of responsibility.
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Work is the nearest thing to happiness that I can find.
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