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Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground.

Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston

American Dramatist

Born: Jan 7, 1891

Died: Jan 28, 1960

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Opportunity, Every, Sun, Would, Least, Off, Jump, Mama, Get, Children, Land, Might, Ground, Her, Every Opportunity

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