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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.
Maya Angelou
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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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Continue to plant a kiss of concern on the cheek of the sick and the aged and infirm and count that actions as natural and to be expected.
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The truth is very important. No matter how negative it is, it is imperative that you learn the truth, not necessarily the facts. I mean, that, that can come, but facts can stand in front of the truth and almost obscure the truth. It is imperative that students learn the truth of our history.
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The poetry you read has been written for you, each of you - black, white, Hispanic, man, woman, gay, straight.
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I know why the caged bird sings.
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I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.
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Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
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If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.
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If you have a song to sing, who are you not to open your mouth and sing to the world?
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The main thing in one's own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.
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We are missing Michael. But we do know we had him, and we are the world.
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Still, when it looked like the sun wasn't going to shine anymore, God put a rainbow in the clouds.
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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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Education is a process that goes on 'til death. The moment you see someone who knows she has found the one true way, and can call all the others false, then you know you're in the company of an ignoramus.
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