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Being poor shouldn’t hold you back either – when I talk to disadvantaged school kids about poverty, I tell them that the label of “poor” is a tactical assault of naming and shaming.

— Patricia Bath

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Taking the high road may be arduous and long, but it will lead to justice and triumph.

Do not allow your mind to be imprisoned by majority thinking. Remember that the limits of science are not the limits of imagination.

I wasn’t seeking to be first. I was just doing my thing, and I wanted to serve humanity along the way—to give the gift of sight.

To me, it was home and a place of happy memories, and I grew up believing I was rich.

I hope that through my past legacy and future advocacy, that the current and future generations of young scientists will not experience the hurtful wounds of discrimination of any kind.

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