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We need Joy as we need air. We need Love as we need water. We need each other as we need the earth we share.
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
Marguerite Johnson
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You are the sum total of everything you've seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot- it's all right there.
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Precious jewel, you glow, you shine, reflecting all the good things in the world. Just look at yourself.
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All great acheivements require time.
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I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their living standard and style begin to ascend the material scale, God descends the scale of responsibility at commensurate speed.
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Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.
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In Stamps the segregation was so complete that most Black children didn't really, absolutely know what whites looked like.
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If we are honest and fair, then we are known by that. If we are not, alas, we are known by that as well. What we want to do is do right, but you have to say it, you have to show it, and not stop.
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