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Light and shadow are opposite sides of the same coin. We can illuminate our paths or darken our way. It is a matter of choice.
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
Marguerite Ann Johnson
Marguerite Anne Johnson
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I would be a liar, a hypocrite, or a fool - and I'm not any of those - to say that I don't write for the reader. I do. But for the reader who hears, who really will work at it, going behind what I seem to say. So I write for myself and that reader who will pay the dues.
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Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.
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Christians already? It seems to me that it takes a lifetime of work.
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I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.
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We are all human therefore, nothing human can be alien to us.
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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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People don't always remember what you say or even what you do, but they always remember how you make them feel.
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It's good to remember that in crises, natural crises, human beings forget for awhile their ignorances, their biases, their prejudices. For a little while, neighbors help neighbors and strangers help strangers.
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This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.
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The truth is you never can leave home. You take it with you everywhere you go. It's under your skin. It moves the tongue or slows it, colors the thinking, impedes upon the logic.
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The first thing I do in the morning when I awaken is say, 'Thank you, Lord!' I'm grateful to be alive, and I'm going to try to tell the truth as well as I know and tell it as eloquently as I can so that people can hear it.
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Time itself is an individual gift. It is wise to cherish it carefully and give it away generously.
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It is sad but true that sometimes we need the tragedy to help us to see how human we are and how we are more alike than we are different.
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