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“Don’t be scared to ask for help and its okay to cry. I cried a little while ago, it’s so hard to not to cry…but continue to keep your faith in God.”
Kim Callines, Birmingham resident, diagnosed with breast cancer in May, whose last day of radiation is in November, in Oct. 6 interview published in The Birmingham Times.
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“I think it’s tremendous that Cooper Green has survived 50 years. I believe they have provided quality health care to the citizens in Jefferson County, and not just in Birmingham.”
-Maralyn Mosley, Cooper Green Mercy Health advocate on the facility’s 50 years of service in the Sept. 29 Birmingham Times.
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“I’m one generation away from a family who lost everything. If you don’t believe the United States is the greatest country that allows the greatest of opportunity, then I don’t know how to convince you any other way.”
Mike Suco, CEO of Birmingham-based Coca-Cola Bottling Company United (CCBCU), in a Sept. 19 interview published in The Birmingham Times
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“…it’s not the rich that are suffering—it’s the poor, average people that are suffering. … We need to stop and do better. We need to grow up.”
-Yolanda Flowers, Alabama’s Democratic nominee for Governor, according to an Oct. 19 story from The Birmingham Times.
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“I … didn’t expect to be here this long, but you know, the job called me, God called me, and we were able to accomplish miracles.”
Cynthia Warrick, the first woman president of Stillman College, who announced plans to retire after five years, according to a Sept. 17 story from the Associated Press.
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“I hope that my life shows the importance of commitment to a cause and willingness to do whatever it takes to achieve that cause.”
-U.W. Clemons, Civil Rights leader and retired U.S. District Judge, after a reading of a new play based on his life, according to a Sept. 24 story from The Birmingham Times.
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“I feel confident in knowing me and knowing also that anything can happen, I believe in the impossible.”
Yolanda Flowers, Democratic candidate for Alabama governor in the November 8 election, during a Birmingham Times interview published Oct. 20
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