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I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.
Maya Angelou
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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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Each one of us has lived through some devastation, some loneliness, some weather superstorm or spiritual superstorm, when we look at each other we must say, I understand. I understand how you feel because I have been there myself. We must support each other and empathize with each other because each of us is more alike than we are unalike.
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To be human is to be challenged to be more divine. Not even to try to meet such a challenge is the biggest defeat imaginable.
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The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear.
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Ritie, don't worry 'cause you ain't pretty. Plenty pretty women I seen digging ditches or worse. You smart. I swear to God, I rather you have a good mind than a cute behind.
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Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.
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We agreed that great men and women should be forced to live as long as possible. The reverence they enjoyed was a life sentence, which they could neither revoke nor modify.
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It is important that we learn humility, which says there was someone else before me who paid for me. My responsibility is to prepare myself so that I can pay for someone else who is yet to come.
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Step off the road. Build yourself a brand new path.
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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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I believe what I have to say is important, and I believe the people coming to hear me are important, and so the occasion of itself alone has an importance, which forces me to stare down my nerves.
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Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.
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Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!
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I refuse to allow any man-made differences to separate me from any other human beings.
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If we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fear from our souls.
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It is impossible to struggle for civil rights, equal rights for blacks, without including whites. Because equal rights, fair play, justice, are all like the air: we all have it, or none of us has it. That is the truth of it.
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You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.
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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. But if you're in love with the thing, it may run like hell away from you.
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You may be pretty or plain, heavy or thin, gay or straight, poor or rich. But remember this: In an election, every voice is equally powerful -- don't underestimate your vote. Voting is the great equalizer.
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