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I won. And I'm telling women that they can win.

— Floella Benjamin Floella Benjamin: 'I'm Miss Optimist. I don't let the bad things eat me up (2022)

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When you are black you carry your colour with you everywhere you go.

Floella Benjamin: 'I'm Miss Optimist. I don't let the bad things eat me up (2022)

I am there to move society on and even though I get obstacles I will overcome them because I am working for good.

Floella Benjamin: 'I'm Miss Optimist. I don't let the bad things eat me up (2022)

Nothing gets me. Good or bad. Because I never look back. If you look back, you're going to be in trouble, you will suffer from depression, mental illness – no! Always look forward.

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