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On this platform of peace, we can create a language to translate ourselves to ourselves and to each other.
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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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It's still scary every time I go back to the past. Each morning, my heart catches. When I get there, I remember how the light was, where the draft was coming from, what odors were in the air. When I write, I get all the weeping out.
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Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the abolition of slavery.
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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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The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are.
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You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.
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A leader sees greatness in other people. He nor she can be much of a leader if all she sees is herself.
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There is a kind of strength that is almost frightening in Black women. It's as if a steel rod runs right through the head down to the feet.
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I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.
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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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People trying to separate people rather than bring us together... please. You don't just see it in America. It's all over the world.
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Nothing succeeds like success. Get a little success, and then just get a little more.
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When was the last time anyone ever told you how important you are?
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I know that I've been guided by God. I am obedient.
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Faith is the evidence of the unseen.
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Every day offers you 10,000 reasons to cry, but if you can find just one reason to laugh then you will be all right.
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I love the melodies in the Old Testament, how preachers highlight them when they read from the Scripture. But I was influenced forever by the New Testament. I love the Beatitudes, informing us that the meek shall inherit the earth.
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We are loved by Love itself. There is nothing good that we can't do.
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