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One of the wonderful things about Oprah: She teaches you to keep on stepping.

Maya Angelou

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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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Autobiographer
Comedian
Dancer
Essayist
Film Director
Film Producer
Human Rights Activist
Journalist
Novelist
Playwright
Politician
St. Louis
Missouri
Marguerite Annie Johnson
Marguerite Johnson
Marguerite Ann Johnson
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Stepping

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I love wisdom. And you can never be great at anything unless you love it. Not be in love with it, but love the thing, admire the thing. And it seems that if you love the thing, and you don't just want to possess it, it will find you.
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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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The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear.
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The thorn from the bush one has planted, nourished and pruned pricks more deeply and draws more blood.
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I agree with Balzac and 19th-century writers, black and white, who say, 'I write for money.' Yes, I think everybody should be paid handsomely I insist on it, and I pay people who work for me, or with me, handsomely.
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Christians already? It seems to me that it takes a lifetime of work.
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No one comes from the earth like grass. We come like trees. We all have roots.
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There is a kind of strength that is almost frightening in Black women. It's as if a steel rod runs right through the head down to the feet.
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We are all human therefore, nothing human can be alien to us.
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It's very important to know the neighbor next door and the people down the street and the people in another race.
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Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.
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You may not remember what a person said to you, you may not remember what a person did to you, but you will never forget how a person made you feel!
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I encourage courtesy. To accept nothing less than courtesy, and to give nothing less than courtesy.
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I did get knocked down flat in front of the whole world, and I rose. I didn't run away - I rose right where I'd been knocked down. And then that's how you get to know yourself. You say, hmm, I can get up!
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Age is nothing waking up is everything.
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Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.
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You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.
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I find in my poetry and prose the rhythms and imagery of the best - I mean, when I'm at my best - of the good Southern black preachers. The lyricism of the spirituals and the directness of gospel songs and the mystery of blues are in my music or in my poetry and prose, or I missed everything.
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Blacks concede that hurrawing, jibing, jiving, signifying, disrespecting, cursing, even outright insults might be acceptable under particular conditions, but aspersions cast against one's family call for immediate attack.
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The happy heart runs with the river, floats on the air, lifts to the music, soars with the eagle, hopes with the prayer.
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