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I speak a number of languages, but none are more beautiful to me than English.
Maya Angelou
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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.
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Modesty is a learned affectation. It's no good. Humility is great, because humility says, 'There was someone before me. I'm following in somebody's footsteps.'
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A leader sees greatness in other people. He nor she can be much of a leader if all she sees is herself.
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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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I am a child of God. I always carry that with me.
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We grow despite the horror that we feed upon our own tomorrow. We grow.
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The truth brings the past into the present and prepares us for the future. That's what truth does
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I write because I am a Black woman, listening attentively to her people.
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Intelligence always had a pornographic influence on me.
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Thank you, always say thank you it's the greatest gift you can give someone because thank you is what you say to God.
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The intensity with which young people live demands that they blank out as often as possible.
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I'm a religious woman. And I feel I have responsibility. I have no modesty at all. I'm even afraid of it - it's a learned affectation and it's just stuck on me like decals.
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Moderation in all things. And even moderation in moderation. Don't get too much moderation, you know?
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What I think it really means is: I'm a teacher. I am a teacher. I teach all the time, as you do and as all of you do-whether we know it or not, whether we take responsibility for it or not. I hold nothing back because I want to see that light go off. I like to see the children say, 'I never thought of that before.' And I think, 'I've got them!'
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You are the sum total of everything you've seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot- it's all right there.
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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 sustain myself with the love of family.
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While the rest of the world has been improving technology, Ghana has been improving the quality of man's humanity to man.
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I long for the time when all human history is taught as one history, because it really is.
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I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.
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