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The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.
Maya Angelou
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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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I don't think there's such a thing as autobiographical fiction. If I say it happened, it happened, even if only in my mind.
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I have a feeling that I make a very good friend, and I'm a good mother, and a good sister, and a good citizen. I am involved in life itself - all of it. And I have a lot of energy and a lot of nerve.
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I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me.
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You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.
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A single fantasy can transform a million realities.
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I do not trust people who don't love themselves and yet tell me, 'I love you.' There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.
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You only are free when you realize you belong no place - you belong every place - no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great.
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Love liberates. Love - not sentimentality, not mush - but true love gives you enough courage that you can say to somebody, Don't do that, baby. And the person will know you're not preaching but teaching.
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Life loves the person who dares to live it.
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If I'm here, I'll be trying to be a better human being, a better writer, a better friend and a better beloved.
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On the day of your birth, the Creator filled countless storehouses, set aside for your use and yours alone.
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I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.
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I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as 'making a life'.
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Love liberates. It doesn't just hold, that's ego. Love liberates.
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We grow despite the horror that we feed upon our own tomorrow. We grow.
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Hope and fear cannot occupy the same space. Invite one to stay.
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