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Loving someone liberates the lover as well as the beloved. And that kind of love comes with age.
Maya Angelou
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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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We can only know where we're going if we know where we've been.
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Love is that condition in the human spirit so profound that it allows me to survive, and better than that, to thrive with passion, compassion, and style.
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Just like moons and suns, With certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise.
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