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This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.
Maya Angelou
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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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Troubles are a blessing that force you to change, to believe.
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I not only have the right to stand up for myself, but I have the responsibility. I can't ask somebody else to stand up for me if I won't stand up for myself. And once you stand up for yourself, you'd be surprised that people say, Can I be of help?.
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Whether you are happy or whether you are sad, it is wise to remember you are really in process.
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Each of us, famous or infamous, is a role model for somebody, and if we aren't, we should behave as though we are -- cheerful, kind, loving, courteous. Because you can be sure someone is watching and taking deliberate and diligent notes.
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When was the last time anyone ever told you how important you are?
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I don't think there's such a thing as autobiographical fiction. If I say it happened, it happened, even if only in my mind.
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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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But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams.
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If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat. It is an unnecessary insult.
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I am a child of God. I always carry that with me.
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Nothing succeeds like success. Get a little success, and then just get a little more.
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By love I don't mean indulgence. I do not mean sentimentality. And in this instance, I don't even mean romance. I mean that condition that allowed humans to dream of God.That condition that allowed the dumb to write spirituals and Russian songs and Irish lilts. That is love, and it's so much larger than anything I can conceive.
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I try to see every day as a celebration.
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Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.
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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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My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.
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I want to write so well that a person is 30 or 40 pages in a book of mine ... before she realizes she's reading.
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Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.
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I don't know how much longer I'll be around. I'll probably be writing when the Lord says, 'Maya, Maya Angelou, it's time.'
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