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You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.
Maya Angelou
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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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Human Rights Activist
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St. Louis
Missouri
Marguerite Annie Johnson
Marguerite Johnson
Marguerite Ann Johnson
Marguerite Anne Johnson
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I have respect for the past, but I'm a person of the moment.
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Everybody born comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory.
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Stormy or sunny days, glorious or lonely nights, I maintain an attitude of gratitude.
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My work is to be honest. My work is to try to think clearly, then have the courage to make sure that what I say is the truth.
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'God put the rainbow in the clouds, not just in the sky'... It is wise to realize we already have rainbows in our clouds, or we wouldn't be here. If the rainbow is in the clouds, then in the worst of time, there is the possibility of seeing hope... We can say 'I can be a rainbow in the cloud for someone yet to be.' That may be our calling.
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