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Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.
Maya Angelou
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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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Marguerite Annie Johnson
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When we cast our bread upon the waters we can presume that someone downstream whose face we will never know will benefit from our action, as we who are downstream from another will profit from the grantor's gift.
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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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