A Quote by Johnnetta B. Cole

You cannot fully understand your own life without knowing and thinking beyond your life, your own neighborhood, and even your own nation.

Johnnetta B. Cole

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Johnnetta B. Cole
American - Anthropologist
Born: October 19, 1936

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Brian Tracy

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Geert Wilders

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Radha Mitchell

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Julia Fox

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