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Modesty is a learned affectation. It's no good. Humility is great, because humility says, 'There was someone before me. I'm following in somebody's footsteps.'
Maya Angelou
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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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If more Africans had eaten missionaries, the continent would be in better shape.
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Love is that condition in the human spirit so profound that it allows me to survive, and better than that, to thrive with passion, compassion, and style.
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Today, the first & last of every Tree/ Speaks to humankind. Come to me, here beside the River.
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I'm a descendant of someone bought and sold, and brought in 1619 in what was to become the United States.
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