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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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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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Human Rights Activist
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St. Louis
Missouri
Marguerite Annie Johnson
Marguerite Johnson
Marguerite Ann Johnson
Marguerite Anne Johnson
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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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I believe everything is energy. I believe that the meal you serve yourself, you prepare, is energy. And if you serve it to your family, it's your gift of energy to them.
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A Woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing. She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared to be herself and only herself
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You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.
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The desire to reach hearts is wise
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Forgive yourself - no one else will.
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Be certain that you do not die without having done something wonderful for humanity.
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My grandmother told me that every good thing I do helps some human being in the world. I believed her 50 years ago and still do.
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I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.
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We need to remember that we are all created creative and can invent new scenarios as frequently as they are needed.
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History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.
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Love is a condition so powerful it may be that which pulls the stars in the firmament. It may be that which pushes and urges the blood in the veins. Courage: you have to have courage to love somebody because you risk everything-ever ything.
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You dwell in whitened castles with deep and poisoned moats and cannot hear the curses which fill your children's throats.
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Those who have something to say accept the fact that that's lonely. One already knows that there will be adversaries.
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I encourage courtesy. To accept nothing less than courtesy, and to give nothing less than courtesy. If we accept being talked to any kind of a way, then we are telling ourselves we are not quite worth the best. And if we have the effrontery to talk to anybody with less than courtesy, we tell ourselves and the world we are not very intelligent.
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When was the last time anyone ever told you how important you are?
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Even here in America, we felt the cool, refreshing breeze of freedom when Nelson Mandela took the seat of Presidency in his country where formerly he was not even allowed to vote. We were enlarged by tears of pride as we saw Nelson Mandela's former prison guards invited, courteously, by him to watch from the front rows his inauguration.
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