"But I love being scared. I think you're brave only when you do things that scare you. I've always used fear as a motivator. I'm not sure why."

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I guess if I'd had any sense, I'd have been a little scared [to register to vote] - but what was the point of being scared? The only thing they could do was kill me, and it kinda seemed like they'd been trying to do that a little bit at a time since I could remember.

— Fannie Lou Hamer