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Hope and fear cannot occupy the same space. Invite one to stay.
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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If you do not like anything, alter it. If you can not change it, adjust your mindset. Will not complain.
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Thank you, always say thank you it's the greatest gift you can give someone because thank you is what you say to God.
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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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Alone, all alone Nobody, but nobody Can make it out here alone.
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You have to deal with what you encounter. But you must not be reduced. And so a way not to be reduced is don't whine! Don't let the incidents which take place in life bring you low.
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I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too.
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