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Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.
Maya Angelou
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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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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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If you do not like anything, alter it. If you can not change it, adjust your mindset. Will not complain.
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I suggest that the great art belongs to all people, all the time--that indeed it is made for the people, by the people, to the people.
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In diversity there is beauty and there is strength.
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Being free is being able to accept people for what they are, and not try to understand all they are or be what they are.
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