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I do not need to know all things. I remind myself that it is sufficient that I know what I know and know that without believing that I will always know what I know or that what I know will always be true.

Maya Angelou

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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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Most people don't grow up. It's too damn difficult. What happens is most people get older.
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Forgive yourself - no one else will.
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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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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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There are those who say that poets should use her and his art to change the world. I'd agree with that, but I think everybody should do that. I think the chef and the baker and the candlestick maker - I think everybody should be hoping to make it a better world.
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I am convinced that most people do not grow up ... our real selves, the children inside, are still innocent and shy as magnolias.
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One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential.
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I wouldn't trade anything for my story now.
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It is better to control oneself, if one can, and not hit back. But on certain occasions, it is imperative to defend oneself. I don't think it's fair to ask anybody not to defend herself or himself.
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Stormy or sunny days, glorious or lonely nights, I maintain an attitude of gratitude.
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To know and not to do is in fact not to know. We need to be active instruments against evil. We need to do.
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It is sad but true that sometimes we need the tragedy to help us to see how human we are and how we are more alike than we are different.
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You never get over the fear of writing.
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We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
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In order to win, we pay with energy and effort and discipline. If we lose, we pay in disappointment, discontent, and lack of fulfillment.
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The thorn from the bush one has planted, nourished and pruned pricks more deeply and draws more blood.
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Open your eyes to the beauty around you, open your mind to the wonders of life, open your heart to those who love you, and always be true to yourself.
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