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Marian Wright Edelman (born June 6, 1939) is the president and founder of the Children's Defense Fund. Her thinking was influenced by her father, Arthur Wright, a Baptist preacher who taught that Christianity required service in this world and by A. Philip Randolph..

"No person has the right to rain on your dreams."

Edelman, Marian Wright on dream
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"Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time."

Edelman, Marian Wright on service
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"We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee."

Edelman, Marian Wright on things and little things
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