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Your life is much more important that you can imagine... it is your first treasure.
Maya Angelou
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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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The Holy Spirit upon my left leads my feet without ceasing into the camp of the righteous and into the tents of the free.
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The caged bird sings with a fearful trill, of things unknown, but longed for still, and his tune is heard on the distant hill, for the caged bird sings of freedom.
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We are not our brother’s keeper we are our brother and we are our sister. We must look past complexion and see community.
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Do not be wedded forever to fear, yoked eternally to brutishness.
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Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.
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The idea of overcoming is always fascinating to me. It's fascinating because few of us realize how much energy we have expended just to be here today. I don't think we give ourselves enough credit for the overcoming.
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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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To be human is to be challenged to be more divine. Not even to try to meet such a challenge is the biggest defeat imaginable.
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